Facts And Myths Of Regional Development

• Authors: Grzegorz Gorzelak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper critically discusses several widespread views about regional development and how it can be stimulated by regional policy. It is argued that in the current development paradigm it is neither possible nor expedient to achieve regional convergence, which in effect would lead to a deep change in understanding the very assumptions of the EU Cohesion policy. It is indicated that external stimuli do not lead to an accelerated growth in lagging regions, which is especially true in the case of infrastructural projects, especially those which are related to incidental events, like expositions or sports championships. One of the most broadly used models for an ex ante evaluation – the HERMIN model – is also discussed.

Keywords

EN

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; COHESION POLICY; REGIONAL CONVERGENCE; EUROPEAN UNION

• Publisher: University of Warsaw - Centre for European Regional and Local Studies (EUROREG) and Regional Studies Association - Polish Section
• Journal: Studia Regionalne i Lokalne
• Year: 2010
• Issue: numer specjalny / special issue
• Pages: 5-28

Contributors

author

Grzegorz Gorzelak

• Uniwersytet Warszawski, Centrum Europejskich Studiow Regionalnych i Lokalnych (EUROREG), ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 30, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland