Abstract
Does space matter for local governments in the implementation of development policies? Geographical distance is believed to weaken the transmission of the socioeconomic development policy. Peripherally located local governments may be weaker than those centrally located local governments. Polish local governments from 1995–2007 were assessed based on performance indicators. The results show that the effective range of regional centres is limited to adjacent municipalities within a distance of 25 km and other local governments should be considered as having peripheral significance.
Highlights
The territorial administration reform of 1999 in Poland changed the institutional and spatial regime for self-governments in Poland
NUTS2 investments and actions are to solve over local issues, within their regional policy or postulated by local NUTS4 and NUTS5 units
The objective of the study is to determine to what extent the detrimental change, i.e. the increased average geographical distance between municipalities and voivodeship capitals, became a discriminating factor in the developmental regional policy implemented by local governments
Summary
The territorial administration reform of 1999 in Poland changed the institutional and spatial regime for self-governments in Poland. NUTS4 / LAU13 districts (powiat), the level of administration which had existed prior to 1975, were reintroduced to play the role of intermediary government between the NUTS5 / LAU2 municipality level (gmina) and NUTS2 voivodeship level This decentralisation institutional reform was made to strengthen bottom-up governance and to weaken the role of central government in resolving everyday social problems (Kulesza 1993 and 2002). The first perceptible effect of the reform was the change in the spatial relations between the self-government authorities Both the geographical and the institutional distance between municipalities and voivodeship capitals increased. The objective of the study is to determine to what extent the detrimental change, i.e. the increased average geographical distance between municipalities and voivodeship capitals, became a discriminating factor in the developmental regional policy implemented by local governments. The local government reform has enhanced the significance of the institutional rent to local development, which leads to a stronger diversification at the regional level
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