THE ADVANTAGES OF REGIONALIZATION BY TRANSFORMING THE CURRENT TERRITORIAL ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL STRUCTURES INTO ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES

Iordan Marioara, Ghizdeanu Ion, Pauna Carmen Beatrice, Dorin Jula, Chilian Nona Mihaela, Stanica Cristian and Dana Tapu ()
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Iordan Marioara: Institute for Economic Forecasting
Ghizdeanu Ion: Institute for Economic Forecasting
Pauna Carmen Beatrice: Institute for Economic Forecasting
Chilian Nona Mihaela: Institute for Economic Forecasting
Stanica Cristian: Institute for Economic Forecasting

Annals - Economy Series, 2014, vol. 1, 6-22

Abstract: According to the EU standards on statistics and administrative units, it is recommended that the Member States should develop relatively homogeneous territorial structures in terms of their size or the number of inhabitants, and "increasing", from smallsized regional structures to structures with a few million people. Considering the above-mentioned, the paper presents a brief description of the evolution of territorial-administrative organization of Romania, with the emphasis on the current existing regional structures. An extensive presentation of the pro and cons of transforming the current development regions from relatively limited instruments of implementing the regional policy, lacking legal status and effective levers, into real, de jure administrative units, adequately empowered to implement effectively the cohesion policy and make proper use of the European, national and local funding (public and private) is also done. Finally, a possible re-aggregation of the counties that have common characteristics and potential for functional integration as administrative regions - adapted to the current realities on the ground and based on comprehensive criteria – is presented.

Keywords: regional development; territorial-administrative structures; development regions; cohesion policy; new regionalization of Romania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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