Economic trends analysis of Latvia in EU cohesion policy conditions
Analiza tendencji w gospodarce Łotwy w warunkach polityki spójności Unii Europejskiej

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with tendencies in the social-economic structure of Latvia after its joining the European Union. The problems that arise after the change of economic system and Latvia’s accession to the EU are analysed: the demographic situation, economic crisis, the stratification of society, the expansion of the state apparatus, rapid impoverishment of the population and, consequently, high rates of emigration to the more affluent EU countries. The article discusses the role of Cohesion Policy in the economic development of Latvia after its joining the EU, and for a period up to 2013.

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