This study provides a critical and detailed analysis of the EU Cohesion policy instruments over the last two programming periods, 2000-2006 and 2007-2013. Through the production of eight regional case studies complemented by a review of secondary sources, the report offers some insight into the...

In the UK regions that are structurally more vulnerable are less able to respond to economic shocks ( McCann, 2017 ). An economic downturn for a poorer region like the North East of England ( Jenkins, Pike, & Tomaney, 2019 ) will mean it enters recession earlier and emerges from recession later...