EU cohesion policy : : reassessing performance and direction / / edited by John Bachtler [and three others].

• Superior document: Regions and cities
• TeilnehmendeR: Bachtler, John,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : : Taylor & Francis,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Regions and cities.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 320 pages).

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 criticisms of the effectiveness of the policy, the policy changes introduced in 2013 have aligned European Structural and Investment Funds with the Europe 2020 strategy and introduced measures to improve strategic coherence, performance and integrated development.

Table of Contents

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 the ERDF, 1989-2012 / John Bachtler, Iain Begg, David Charles and Laura Polverari -- Different approaches to the analysis of eu cohesion policy : leveraging complementarities for evidence-based policy learning / Riccardo Crescenzi and Mara Giua -- Cohesion policy and regional development / Grzegorz Gorzelak -- Econometric assessments of cohesion policy growth effects : how to make them more relevant for policymakers? / Jerzy Pienkowski and Peter Berkowitz -- Does cohesion policy affect regional growth? : new evidence from a semi-parametric approach / Nicola Pontarollo -- The contribution of cohesion policy to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth -- An evaluation of the impact of the construction of motorways and expressways in Poland during the period 2004-13 on accessibility and cohesion / Piotr Rosik, Marcin Stepniak and Tomasz Komornicki -- Demographic implications of 2007-13 regional and cohesion policy actions in Latvia / Aleksandrs Dahs -- The policy challenge in smart specialisation : a common approach meets European diversity / Henning Kroll -- Resilience and involvement : the role of the EU's structural and investment funds in addressing youth unemployment / Elizabeth Sanderson, Peter Wells and Ian Wilson -- Whatever happened to gender mainstreaming? : lessons for the EU's 2014-20 structural and investment funds / Leaza McSorley and Jim Campbell -- The absorption of structural and investment funds and youth unemployment : an empirical test / Jale Tosun, Stefan Speckesser, Carsten Jensen and Jacqueline O'Reilly -- The administration and delivery of cohesion policy -- Administrative and political embeddedness / Neculai-Cristian Surubaru -- Corruption in eu funds? / Mihály Fazekas and István János Tóth -- Efficient implementers and partners : what do we miss in our understanding of how cohesion policy administrators work? / Andrey Demidov -- Funds for the wealthy and the politically loyal? / Gergo Medve-Bálint -- The administrative capacity of the sub-national level in implementing cohesion policy in Romania : lessons learnt and future recommendations / Septimiu-Rares Szabo -- Institutions, territory and place-based policies -- Territorial capital and EU cohesion policy / Ugo Fratesi and Giovanni Perucca -- What institutional arrangements exist to ensure coherent EU cohesion policy planning and implementation? / Liga Baltina and Tatjana Muravska -- Integrated territorial investment : a missed opportunity? / Iván Tosics -- The place-based approach in development policy : a comparative analysis of Polish and EU space / Jacek Zaucha and Tomasz Komornicki -- Index.