Social Benefits and Administrative Strains - The Golden Burden of EU Funds in the Romanian Regions
Social Benefits and Administrative Strains - The Golden Burden of EU Funds in the Romanian Regions
Author(s): Sorin IoniţăSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Societatea Academică Română (SAR)
Keywords: PHARE; EU funds; structural funds; Regional Development Agencies; NUTS; GDP;
Summary/Abstract: As a result of the rapid and overlapping transformations in the last decade, the strategic and administrative capacity the public sector has been almost fully absorbed with planning and running EU-fi nanced programs and, sometimes, projects run in cooperation with other bilateral donors. Therefore, such programs (and especially PHARE) became the main platforms for policy-making and coordination in Romania, at all levels. Old patterns of development and the EU; EU assistance framework at the sub-national level; EU assistance, regional disparities and local institutional capacity; Regional development and the transition to Structural Funds;
Journal: Romanian Journal of Political Sciences
- Issue Year: 2006
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 63-84
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
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