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The regional impact of Community policies

In: Improving Economic and Social Cohesion in the European Community

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  • Bernhard Seidel

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Social cohesion, that is the harmonisation of working and living conditions, has been a firmly-rooted aim of the European Community since the passing of the Single European Act. Clearly this represents an ambitious target if one bears in mind the stark differences in economic performance of the member states and their various regions. In the poorest regions economic output per head of population amounts to only one-ninth of that in the richest. Economic weaknesses and unfavourable local conditions often go hand in hand, so that geographical remoteness, a poor communications network, inadequate infrastructure and shortages of skills significantly hinder the catching-up process, even if the difference in labour costs offers incentives to move production away from the central regions of the EC.

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  • Bernhard Seidel, 1994. "The regional impact of Community policies," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Jørgen Mortensen (ed.), Improving Economic and Social Cohesion in the European Community, chapter 13, pages 211-228, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-23438-7_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-23438-7_13
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    1. Dunford, Michael & Louri, Helen & Rosenstock, Manfred, 2001. "Competition, competitiveness, and enterprise policies," MPRA Paper 29971, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Terry Marsden & Gillian Bristow, 2000. "Progressing Integrated Rural Development: A Framework for Assessing the Integrative Potential of Sectoral Policies," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(5), pages 455-469.

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