The present work examines the reasons that gave rise to European Regional Policy and describes its principles and basic objectives, as well as the operational transformations it underwent from the 1988 Structural Fund reform till the approval of the Agenda 2000. Its ability to correct regional...

The main objective of this research is to identify what other key factor, outside of insufficient investment, could explain the persistent road infrastructure gap in Peru. The hypothesis used here is that the Peruvian state has been acting without a long-term forecast system and, therefore,...

We analyse the effectos of tourism and other factors on regional development, including not only hotel tourism but also non hotel tourism, both of them with important effects on building and services activities, in order to compare Spanish regions with European Union regions. We find that while...

This book integrates three analytical approaches: (i) local and regional innovation systems, (ii) technological spillovers from transnational corporations, and (iii) the processes of technological learning and accumulation of technological capabilities, and creating of absorptive capacities. The...

Abstract: Planning on the space needs sharing, conceiving, dividing and acting: sharing resources, conceiving policies, dividing the territory, deciding by an enlightened way and acting with efficiency and with efficacy. This work shows the richness related to the definition of regional space...

The contents of the present work focus on contrasting the possible contribution of the funds from the second pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to improving the evolution of one of the economic variables that is usually included as an objective to be achieved by rural development...

The welfare and social peace are the most important concepts when making policy decisions and investment spending of public resources. Currently both welfare and social peace are compromised by the lack of productive capital and excess of speculative capital, the imbalance between suffering...

The welfare and social peace are the most important concepts when making policy decisions and investment spending of public resources. Currently both welfare and social peace are compromised by the lack of productive capital and excess of speculative capital, the imbalance between suffering...

The Protocol for Socially Responsible Territory is the result of a local sustainability management experience, which has demonstrated the importance of public administration in social innovation. This article describes the process through which such protocol was obtained, its characteristics and...

En este artículo se discute la necesidad de políticas dirigidas a reducir las disparidades económicas en Colombia. La principal razón es que las desigualdades que se observan entre las regiones no son deseables desde el punto de vista económico, social y político. Además, los últimos...