The purpose of this paper is to analyse the essence of the European Union’s development policy in all its aspects. To this end, it examines the factual circumstances and determinants of this policy. It scrutinizes the principles and functioning of the EU development policy as well as its challenges and obstacles. The article aims to verify the assumption that the 1990s and early 21st century marked a significant revaluation of the European Union’s development policy. On the one hand, EU development policy is becoming more crucial and comprehensive in character. On the other hand, the current premises of EU development policy do not fully match the real needs of developing countries.
The lack of a single long-term development strategy concept for Latvia has resulted in a contradictory and fragmented economic policy that is often cited as one of the causes of economic problems in Latvia. Why didn't the situation in Latvia change after Latvia became an EU candidate country and subsequently an EU member state? Relatively few specialists are informed about the development policy; people generally think that no relevant programmes and plans have been developed or that the existing ones do not take into account the economic reality in Latvia and the conditions of global competition. This article analyses the understanding which dominates in Latvia regarding the national development strategy and the strategic development of a knowledge-based society, including the role of social awareness and the mass media; it proposes media discourse as the main representation arena for a national strategic development policy.
The aim of this paper is to examine the priority projects of the Hungarian development policy, which are specific as the support of these kind of projects depends on governmental decision. The author tries to answer what kind of effect this development intervention has on regional inequalities. After embedding the issue theoretically, presenting the complex database compiled from multiple sources, and the variables, he tries to explore what kind of factors influence the success, support of the priority projects. He applies logistic regression procedure in the course of data analysis. The results of the research suggest that priority projects do not reduce regional inequalities.
This paper looks at the issue of the evaluation of development policy efficiency in the scope of economic activation. The main goal of the paper is to evaluate the efficiency of development policy connected with economic activation in the Opolskie region. It consists of two parts. The first relates to the issues concerned with economic activation and its importance in efficient creation of development policy, together with its evaluation. The second part includes an attempt at quantitative evaluation of the effectiveness of development policies in economic activation, particularly in the area of SME sector development. The main tools of statistical analysis used to determine the level of development of the SME sector is a multidimensional method of comparative analysis.
The EU Strategy adopted in 2007 was the fi rst basic document which established a medium-term policy line in the relationship between Europe and Central Asia, for the first time perceived as a group of fi ve Central Asia countries which were former Soviet republics. Despite many defi ciencies in the Strategy and some setbacks on the part of the EU in the course of its implementation, the document has become an important reference point for numerous policies and actions taken vis-à-vis these fi ve Central Asia countries. In security terms, Europe perceives Central Asia as a border area separating Europe from the ‘area of instability’, and that philosophy greatly determined the set of policies formulated and applied in relations with the Central Asia countries. Most of them are still countries on the path to development, relying to a certain extent on foreign development and humanitarian aid, including European aid. At the same time, Europe has realised that this region is a potential source of strategic natural resources, including energy, which coincides with the EU’s search for greater diversity of energy sources and routes of its delivery, taking into consideration the current risks, challenges and limitations linked to Russia’s return to an assertive policy of power, confl icts with its neighbours (Ukraine), trade wars etc. The objective of this article is to outline the EU’s policies, concepts and approaches towards the Central Asia region and their modifi cation and adjustment to the current international dynamism and changing situation in the region itself, as well as to identify the global factors which eventually affect the relationship between Europe and the region. Additionally, some recommendations and suggestions with regard to a future EU Strategy are proposed, based on lessons learnt and analysis of the international environment.
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