The integration of post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe into the EU is one of the success stories of European development. The region has seen significant economic convergence, dramatic changes in socio-economic indicators and improvements in the natural environment. However, some...

Notes on contributors -- Introduction: reassessing the performance and direction of cohesion policy in 2014-20 / John Bachtler, Peter Berkowitz, Sally Hardy and Tatjana Muravska -- The impact of cohesion policy -- The long-term effectiveness of eu cohesion policy : assessing the achievements of...

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...