Access to credit in agriculture is an important mechanism for increasing farms' technological level and productivity, while the Fundo Constitucional do Centro-Oeste (FCO) policy also includes a reduction in regional disparities. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether the FCO resources in...

Despite increasing FDI inflows, Ethiopia faces significant regional disparities in the distribution of firms across regions. Understanding the drivers of firm location preferences is crucial to the country's balanced development. This study examined the extent of regional disparities and the...

Panama exhibits high income inequality largely driven by disparities between regions rather than within them. The Panama Canal corridor, including Panama City and Colón, benefits from concentrated economic activities with high labor productivity and incomes. In contrast, rural and indigenous...

This paper investigates the persistence of territorial disparities in agricultural income across Italian macro-regions, with a particular focus on the role of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Drawing on the Italian Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) dataset, this study develops and...

Mountain areas are exposed to multiple risks due to the complex interactions between environmental, social, and economic factors. This paper aims to assess the environmental vulnerability of mountain areas through a synthetic indicator and to identify the drivers of such vulnerability at the...

The impacts of the green and the digital transitions on the regional economic structure of the European Union are of paramount importance and have been at the forefront of the recent policy discussions. This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion by developing a composite indicator to...