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Koniunktura w Polsce lokalnej 2013
Economic performance in Polish regions in 2013

Author(s): Bohdan Jałowiecki, Grzegorz Gorzelak
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: local development; local government; performance; regional differentiation

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results of a questionnaire received in Autumn 2013 from over 1,300 Polish municipalities whose population does not exceed 50 thousand people. The material obtained from this questionnaire offers exact data concerning the performance of local governments in promoting local economic development, as well as opinions and values shared by these governments. The research is related to a similar undertaking performed in mid-1990s, and confirms earlier hypotheses indicating that spatial differentiation of performance of the local governments in Poland has deep historical roots.

  • Issue Year: 15/2014
  • Issue No: 58
  • Page Range: 5-24
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish