This study analyses the rational, features and the conditions under which a more result/performance-oriented delivery system for Cohesion Policy, based on the use of performance indicators, and, potentially, of incentive mechanisms, can be designed and implemented along the different phases of...

This study analyses the rational, features and the conditions under which a more result/performance-oriented delivery system for Cohesion Policy, based on the use of performance indicators, and, potentially, of incentive mechanisms, can be designed and implemented along the different phases of...

This paper illustrates the story of the Port of Gioia Tauro, a major infrastructure investment co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund in the period 1994-1998, but whose origin dates back to the beginning of the 1970s. It draws from a recent ex-post evaluation carried out for the...

Infrastructure development is a priority on policy agendas in the EU and worldwide, because of the very high investment needs in basic infrastructure, especially in lagging behind regions and countries. The paper provides a descriptive analysis of the infrastructural gaps in EU transition...

This study describes the links between investments in Information and Communication Technologies and economic development at regional level, with particular emphasis on the strategy "Digital Agenda for Europe" and the contribution of Structural Funds. It is based on an in-depth analysis of seven...

This study describes the links between investments in Information and Communication Technologies and economic development at regional level, with particular emphasis on the strategy "Digital Agenda for Europe" and the contribution of Structural Funds. It is based on an in-depth analysis of seven...

This paper deals with the effects of the transfer of additional funds on the real economy of recipient countries, in particular the European Member States. The intended and unintended effects of additional funds on national public finances and, ultimately, economic performance are discussed....

This paper discusses some conditions under which the Cohesion Policy of the European Union can effectively contribute to enhance R&I in Europe and the extent to which it offers a relevant framework for devising Research & Innovation policies at regional level overcoming possible tensions and...

Discounting enables to express future monetary or socio-economic effects in terms of present values when inter-temporal decisions are to be taken. In the context of the cost-benefit analysis, this allows for directly comparing net benefits expressed in terms of their net present values, and,...

This paper draws and expands from a recent ex-post evaluation carried out for the European Commission aimed at assessing the long term effects produced by a sample of ten major infrastructures in the Transport and Environment sectors and interpreting the key determinants of the observed...