EU Cohesion Policy

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Introduction: reassessing the performance and direction of EU Cohesion Policy in 2014â"20

John Bachtler, Peter Berkowitz, Sally Hardy and Tatjana Muravska

PART I

The impact of Cohesion Policy

1 The long-term effectiveness of EU Cohesion Policy: assessing the achievements of the ERDF, 1989â"2012

John Bachtler, Iain Begg, David Charles and Laura Polverari

2 Different approaches to the analysis of EU Cohesion Policy: leveraging complementarities for evidence-based policy learning

Riccardo Crescenzi and Mara Giua

3 Cohesion Policy and regional development

Grzegorz Gorzelak

4 Econometric assessments of Cohesion Policy growth effects: how to make them more relevant for policymakers?

Jerzy PieÅkowski and Peter Berkowitz

5 Does Cohesion Policy affect regional growth? New evidence from a semi-parametric approach

Nicola Pontarollo

PART II

The contribution of Cohesion Policy to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth

6 An evaluation of the impact of the construction of motorways and expressways in Poland during the period 2004â"13 on accessibility and cohesion

Piotr Rosik, Marcin StÄpniak and Tomasz Komornicki

7 Demographic implications of 2007â"13 regional and Cohesion Policy actions in Latvia

Aleksandrs Dahs

8 The policy challenge in smart specialisation: a common approach meets European diversity

Henning Kroll

9 Resilience and involvement: the role of the EUâs Structural and Investment Funds in addressing youth unemployment

Elizabeth Sanderson, Peter Wells and Ian Wilson

10 Whatever happened to gender mainstreaming? Lessons for the EUâs 2014â"20 Structural and Investment Funds

Leaza Mcsorley and Jim Campbell

11 The absorption of Structural and Investment Funds and youth unemployment: an empirical test

Jale Tosun, Stefan Speckesser, Carsten Jensen and Jacqueline Oâreilly

PART III

The administration and delivery of Cohesion Policy

12 Administrative and political embeddedness: how to improve the institutional environments dealing with the management and implementation of EU Structural and Investment Funds? The experience of new member states

Neculai-Cristian Surubaru

13 Corruption in EU Funds? Europe-wide evidence of the corruption effect of EU-funded public contracting

Mih¡ly Fazekas and Istv¡n J¡nos T³th

14 Efficient implementers and partners: what do we miss in our understanding of how Cohesion Policy administrators work?

Andrey Demidov

15 Funds for the wealthy and the politically loyal? How EU Funds may contribute to increasing regional disparities in East Central Europe

GergÅ' Medve-B¡lint

16 The administrative capacity of the sub-national level in implementing Cohesion Policy in Romania: lessons learnt and future recommendations

Septimiu-Rares Szabo

PART IV

Institutions, territory and place-based policies

17 Territorial capital and EU Cohesion Policy

Ugo Fratesi and Giovanni Perucca

18 What institutional arrangements exist to ensure coherent EU Cohesion Policy planning and implementation?

Liga BaltiÅa and Tatjana Muravska

19 Integrated territorial investment: a missed opportunity?

Iv¡n Tosics