The evaluation of the European Regional Policy. Empirical analysis of the applied methodologies

Marisol Esteban (), Arantxa Rodríguez, Jose Moreno, Amaia Altuzarra and Jon Larrañaga
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Marisol Esteban: Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Arantxa Rodríguez: Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Jose Moreno: Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Jon Larrañaga: Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, 2009, issue 14, 157-184

Abstract: Regional and Cohesion Policy constitutes one of the major priorities of the European Union. As a result of the increasing concern of public authorities and society towards the use and results of public resources, evaluation activities have become an integral component of the process of modernization and rationalization of public policies, which has led to the institutionalization of evaluation in the European Regional and Cohesion policy-making process. In this context, this paper presents, first, a theoretical and conceptual revision of both regional policy and its evaluation. The historical evolution explains the plurality and methodological diversity that exists nowadays in the theoretical field of the evaluation of regional policy. Secondly, the results of a detailed analysis of the evaluation methodologies that are actually applied by regional development plans and programs in the European Union are exposed, to finally show the existing discrepancy between theory and practice in the field of evaluation of European Regional Policy.

Keywords: Evaluation methodologies; European Union; regional policy; evaluation of european regional policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E66 H77 O18 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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