Though firmly structured along thematic priorities, Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 calls for the adoption of a place-based approach to ensure an effective delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy by means of a greater awareness of the territory. While dedicated instruments (in particular Integrated...

The focus of the study is the economic challenges of lagging regions in the EU-28. In this respect, regions - in general - are defined according to the NUTS2 level of regions. As far as lagging regions are concerned, there are two specific types: Low growth regions, i.e. those NUTS2 regions that...