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Analiza porównawcza rozwoju regionalnego krajów Grupy Wyszehradzkiej
A comparative analysis of regional development of the Visegrad Group Countries

Author(s): Marcin Salamaga
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Geography, Regional studies, Supranational / Global Economy, Regional Geography, Sociology, Social development, Economic development, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Główny Urząd Statystyczny
Keywords: comparative analysis; regional development; regional diversity; international statistics; principal component analysis

Summary/Abstract: The article contains the comparative analysis of the quality of regional development in Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. The quality index of social and economic development has been proposed for this purpose which has been calculated on the basis of a certain aggregation of the results of Principal Component Analysis made on the correlation matrix of standardised variables being the components of the index. The calculated values of the index have allowed for ordering the regions of the Visegrad Group Countries in various aspects of regional development and the evaluation of changes in the development level from the dynamic perspective. Eurostat’s Data has been used in calculations.

  • Issue Year: 57/2012
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 90-101
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish