EU Cohesion Policy

• Other Authors: Bachtler, John (Editor), Berkowitz, Peter (Editor), Hardy, Sally (Editor), Muravska, Tatjana (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
• Series: Regions and Cities
• Subjects: Economics; Development economics & emerging economies; Business & management; Research & development management; EU; Cohesion; Policy; Regional Studies Association; RSA; Development; Policy Makers; Growth; Poland; Latvia; Diversity; Smart Specialisation; Unemployment; Iain Begg; David Charles; Laura Polverari; Riccardo Crescenzi; Mara Giua; Grzegorz Gorzelak; Jerzy Pieńkowski; Peter Berkowitz; Nicola Pontarollo; Piotr Rosik; Marcin Stępniak; Tomasz Komornicki; Aleksandrs Dahs; Henning Kroll; Elizabeth Sanderson; Peter Wells; Ian Wilson; Leaza McSorley; Jim Campbell; Jale Tosun; Stefan Speckesser; Carsten Jensen; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Neculai-Cristian Surubaru; Mih Fazekas; IstvJs Tth; Andrey Demidov; Gergő Medve-Bnt; Septimiu-Rares Szabo; Ugo Fratesi; Giovanni Perucca; Liga Baltiņa; Tatjana Muravska; IvTosics; Jacek Zaucha
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The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315401867, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. This book brings together academics, members of European institutions, and regional and national level policymakers in order to assess the performance and direction of EU Cohesion policy against the background of the most significant reforms to the policy in a generation. Responding to past criticisms of the effectiveness of the policy, the policy changes introduced in 2013 have aligned European Structural and Investment Funds with the Europe 2020 strategy and introduced measures to improve strategic coherence, performance and integrated development. EU Cohesion Policy: Reassessing performance and direction argues that policy can only be successfully developed and implemented if there is input from both academics and practitioners. The chapters in the book address four important issues: the effectiveness and impact of Cohesion policy at European, national and regional levels; the contribution of Cohesion policy to the Europe 2020 strategy of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; the importance of quality of government and administrative capacity for the effective management of the Funds; and the inter-relationships between institutions, territory and place-based policies. The volume will be an invaluable resource to students, academics and policymakers across economics, regional studies, European studies and international relations.