Implementation Of Regional Policy Research Articles

Результативність реалізації регіональної політики сталого розвитку – соціально-економічний стан Миколаївської області

Результативність реалізації регіональної політики сталого розвитку – соціально-економічний стан Миколаївської області

INTRAREGIONAL DIVERSIFICATION OF THE LEVEL OF THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE POVIATS OF EASTERN POLAND IN RELATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL

Territorial self-government is an independent entity that has a certain scope of freedom in deciding on the path of development of the subordinate area, common property, and implementation of public tasks. The aim of the study is to assess the intra-regional diagnosis of the level of the poviat’s financial situation relative to the development potential. The data used to conduct the study refer to the years of 2009 and 2016; they come from the Local Data Bank and cover 101 poviats of Eastern Poland. The poviat can carry out its tasks when it is equipped with stable and efficient sources of income. The level and structure of budget revenues determine investment activity. The socio-economic space of the poviat’s activity is a multi-element system. It achieves different levels of development depending on the structure, equipment elements, as well as the quality and complexity of the links between them. The ability of a poviat to operate can be seen as a set of factors that are mutually related to each other. These factors include: technical infrastructure, knowledge, innovation, regional product, eco-development, geographical location, finances. These factors depend on the potential inherent in the region, activity in the sphere of planning and implementation of regional policy by regional self-government authorities, the state’s economic policy, and the standards of structural policy and EU cohesion policy. These factors are not unchangeable over time; therefore, they should be subjected to continuous and ongoing analysis. The synthetic measure of the financial situation according to the average value of the 2007–2016 years was in the range from 0.24 to 0.49. Poviats with a higher rate of the synthetic financial situation are better in terms of the measure of development. The level of the indicator is influenced by: the economic character of the entity and the function of the area, economic potential, financial situation, quality of the natural environment and infrastructure. The management of financial resources is of special importance in the functioning of poviats. They affect the economic situation of the local government, the conditions for the implementation of tasks. Financial resources are the basis for the operation of individuals and a condition for the implementation of the tasks imposed on them, they determine development and are an expression of the potential for economic development. The situation of the surveyed units varied. The ranking of cities in the ranking did not change substantially in the subsequent years. It was confirmed that financial resources are the basis for the operation of individuals and a condition for carrying out the tasks imposed on them, determine development, and reflect the potential for economic development.

The Problems of Matching Objectives, Instruments, and Financial Flows in Regional Policy

In the article, authors considered the relationship between the priorities of the regional policy of theRussian Federation, the applied instruments, and the corresponding financial flows. The study was conducted on the basis of the analysis of normative legal acts of the Russian Federation in the field of regional policy, budget policy and strategic planning, as well as strategic and program documents of the Federal level. The authors paid special attention to the instruments of stimulation of regional economic development. The authors came to the conclusion that the successful implementation of regional policy is hampered by the problems associated with the incompleteness and inconsistency of the system of strategic planning documents, the lack of interdepartmental coordination, the redundancy of the number of incentive mechanisms, the complexity of managing financial flows from various sources, and the gaps in information support. The findings of the study were tested on the example of the Primorsky Krai. According to the analysis, the authors have formulated recommendations for public authorities aimed at improving the effectiveness of incentive mechanisms of state regional policy.

Ethnicity Preservation of Various “Socio-Diversity” Forms as One of the Important Principles of Sustainable Development

The contemporary stage of society development is characterized by the inconsistency of two very ambiguous processes – the strengthening of the economy globalization and the growth of its regionalization in the system of interregional relations. The globalization of the economy is manifested by the market, which blurs the boundaries between countries, but regionalization, especially within the boundaries of national economic complexes, develops through the decentralization of management as a special type of economic relations management. The regional policy implementation can be effective only providing a specific objective assessment of the situation in the region, tasks and prospects of its development in the context of national priorities.For the Republic of Crimea, issues related to interethnic conflicts are relevant within the framework of the conceptual regulations of socio-economic sustainable development. According to mentioned above issues, the analysis of the situation and processes preventing their development in multi-ethnical society are carried out. Sustainable development of the region proves to happen only as a result of ethic society renovation, the formation of a new system of values, new moral imperatives.

Factors for adoption of EU funds in Bulgaria

The main purpose of the current analysis is to evaluate the effect of multiple factors (including impact of the quality of governance) upon implementation of Regional policy in Bulgaria and more precisely upon absorption of structural and investment transferred funds. The methodology used is in line with the relatively recent trend in research that attempts to measure the “quality of governance” (as a complex quantitative concept) and its impact on various aspects of public governance and public policies and on the implementation of EU regional policy in particular. In order to reach the main goal of the study a regression equation was constructed and was applied to multiple linear regression build at two levels – national and regional (NUTS II).This study aims to test the hypothesis that the quality of governance in Bulgaria has significant impact on implementation of EU Regional policy in Bulgaria. We argue that improving the quality of governance results in decreasing the deviations among regions in absorbing support from structural funds.

ОКРЕМІ АСПЕКТИ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЇ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНО-АНАЛІТИЧНОГО ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ ПУБЛІЧНОГО УПРАВЛІННЯ РЕГІОНАЛЬНИМ РОЗВИТКОМ

Problem setting. Public administration formulates and implements regional policy facing such challenges as uncertainty, risks and real security threats, limited resources, the need for their effective distribution, resistance to public administration innovations, mistrust to power institutions, the need to align interests of a wide range of stakeholders and also taking into account global development trends.Information and analytical provision for public administration is intended to give appropriate support. However, its current level does not meet the needs of public authorities and civil society in qualitative information supply and analytical support to make reasonable decisions in the course of current activities and for medium and long-term planning of regional development.Recent research and publications analysis. The publications analysis reflects the different contexts in which the information and analytical support for public administration of regional development is highlighted, and that is 1) an element of the regional development management system necessary to improve the mechanisms of public administration; 2) means of state regional policy implementation; 3) a part of the method of statistical study of the regions’ development; component of designing information-analytical systems and technologies in public administration.The paper objective. The purpose of the study is to identify the essential aspects of information and analytical provision for public administration of regional development in accordance with current needs.The paper main body. In general, the role of information and analytical support for public administration is to obtain derivative, processed information from collected separate data, and that is the background for making and reasoning managerial decisions. Therefore, it is obvious that information and analytical support are interconnected and complementary.Public administration of regional development is built on state and regional development strategies, which are part of a system of interconnected documents to implement the state regional policy. The strategic planning documents development should be preceded by significant informational and analytical work as far as it allows public authorities to determine the current situation, to identify problems, to model different development scenarios, to predict their outcomes with high accuracy and to choose the most optimal.The legislation says that the process of positive changes in different fields of livelihoods of regions must be balanced, dynamic, should improve the living standards and ensure the social and economic unity of the regions. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor and evaluate the results of the regional development policy on the basis of statistic information and its analysis.Conclusions of the research1. After studying the essential aspects of the concept of information and analytical provision for public administration, it is proposed to clarify its definition in the sphere of regional development in the following wording: “informational and analytical provision for public administration of regional development is a set of interrelated methods, measures and means to implement technologies of collecting, selecting, transmitting, transforming, storing and displaying of information about the current situation, forecasts and the objectives of development of livelihoods of the regions for effective public administration and raising the level of welfare of people”.2. As a result the research proves that organizing information and analytical support plays an important role in a successful public regional development policy serving as a mechanism for forming, argumentation and making the managerial decisions, effective implementation ofpublic administration functions of regional development, in particular, planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, as well as identifying problem situations in different fields of regions’ life, modeling scenarios for development, formulating and implementing regional policy objectives, developing strategies and programs for regional development, anticipating the policy outcomes.

İKTİSADİ DÖNÜŞÜMÜN MEKANSAL YANSIMASI: KENTLEŞME

Kentleşme, “sanayileşmeye ve ekonomik gelişmeye koşut olarak kent sayısının artması ve bugünkü kentlerin büyümesi sonucunu doğuran, toplum yapısında artan oranda örgütlenme, işbölümü ve uzmanlaşmaya neden olan bir nüfus birikim süreci” olarak tanımlanabilir. Bu süreç, ekonomik, sosyal ve teknolojik değişmeleri içermektedir. 1800’lerde dünya nüfusunun yalnızca % 2’si kentlerde yaşamaktayken 2000’li yıllarda bu oran % 50’nin üzerine çıkmıştır. Kentsel alanlarda nüfus yoğunluğunda meydana gelen artış yapısal değişime yol açmıştır. Kentleşme ve iktisadi kalkınma arasında yakın ilişkiler bulunmaktadır. Dengeli kalkınma sürecinde kentleşme, sanayileşme ile koşut gerçekleşirken kalkınmayı hızlandırıcı bir işlev üstlenmektedir. Dengesiz kentleşmede ise, siyasi, iktisadi ve çevresel alanda negatif dışsallıklar ortaya çıkabilmektedir. Gelişmekte olan ülkelerle özdeşen bu süreçte kentleşme deneyimi, çarpık kentleşme, adaptasyon sorunu, yapısal ve sosyal açıdan uyumsuz yerleşimler vb. sorunlar ile karakterize olmakta; sanayileşmenin etkisiyle çevre sorunları ortaya çıkmaktadır. Bu sorunlara çözüm bulunabilmesi, kentleşme süre­cini düzenleyici politikaların uygulanması ile olanaklı olabilmektedir. Zamanla niteliği değişen kent olgusu ve kentleşme sürecini, yapısal değişim, göç ve sanayileşmeye vurgu yaparak yorumlamak uygun olacaktır. Bu tespitten hareketle çalışmada dünyada yapısal değişim ile kentleşme ve sanayileşme süreci, kalkınma ve kent olgusu açısından değerlendirilmiştir. Kentsel nüfustaki büyüme göç ve doğurganlık oranındaki artışlardan ileri gelmiş; göçler, kırsal nüfusun kentlerde sunulan eğitim, sağlık ve eğlence hizmetleri gibi avantajları elde etme arzusu ile gerçekleşmiştir. Sanayileşme, iktisadi büyüme ve yeni işlere yol açarak insanları şehirlere sürüklemektedir. Belirgin şekilde yüksek olan sosyal, çevresel ve iktisadi refah beraberinde eğitim, yönetim müdahaleleri ve sosyal reformlara yol açmaktadır.

Institutional provision of mechanism functioning for the implementation of regional policy for the development of three-secondary partnership

Institutional provision of mechanism functioning for the implementation of regional policy for the development of three-secondary partnership

Évaluer les stratégies de spécialisation intelligente

Les stratégies de spécialisation intelligente sont mises en œuvre par la Commission européenne au sein de l’actuel cycle de politiques structurelles. La spécialisation intelligente correspond à une réorientation des politiques qui ont pour objectif le développement des régions européennes et, à travers elle, la cohésion économique et sociale des États-membres. Cette évolution repose sur un changement de grille d’analyse théorique des dynamiques territoriales, qui passe d’une représentation en termes de systèmes territoriaux d’innovation à une grille de lecture issue de la nouvelle économie géographique et du management stratégique, centrée sur l’innovation et ses répercussions sur la formation des structures économiques régionales. Cet article étudie les répercussions de ce changement sur la conception et la mise en œuvre des politiques régionales, ainsi que sur l’évaluation de leurs impacts en se basant sur une évaluation ex ante d’un PO Feder-Fse de l’actuel cycle de Fonds structurels 2014-2020. Classification JEL : H11, H43, L26, O18, O30

EFFECTS OF TRADE FLOW LIBERALIZATION: CASE OF ASEAN, NAFTA & MERCOSUR

An important factor and the inescapable link of the globalization process are economic integrations, which by the liberalization of trade flows contributes significantly to the interconnection of countries, thus directly affecting the enhancement of the value of macroeconomic parameters at the level of the formed integration. The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of economic integration on the example of ASEAN, NAFTA and MERCOSUR integration, which, along with the European Union, represent the most relevant integrations in the world. The analysis showed, as a consequence of the integration, increased volume of trade exchange, increased FDI level and achieved real economic growth on the level of integration. However, the analysis has shown, in particular in the ASEAN area, that there is still a problem of uneven distribution of income and fairer implementation of regional policy, in order to integrate growth generated into the development of less developed areas.

Regional Community Policy: Does Aid Received from the EU Displace Funding by Member States?

The implementation of the EU regional policy has been characterized by the establishment of multiannual public investment programs in the Member States that are co-financed by the EU through matching grants. According to the additionality principle, governments receiving aid should increase their financial efforts in relation to the pre-existing situation. Using data on the implementation of regional policy, this paper has two aims: to verify whether Community aid displaces local funds for public investment, and to uncover whether there is endogenous behaviour regarding Community aid as a result of local political processes. We have obtained evidence that funding from the EU crowd-out local financing of public investment. On the other hand, although there is some evidence of an endogenous behaviour of Community aid, we find that this endogeneity is not statistically significant.

How Do we Measure Implementation of Inclusive Education in the Pacific Islands? A Process for Developing and Validating Disability-Inclusive Indicators

In recent years, countries of the Pacific have been moving strongly towards enhancing inclusive educational practices within a previously segregated education system. Through the Pacific Education Development Framework (PEDF) approved by 14 Pacific Island Education Ministers in 2009, the implementation of regional policies of inclusive education is a priority. To ensure that progress is measurable, these countries have been working collaboratively with several Australian institutions to develop a set of contextually appropriate indicators for measuring disability-inclusive education. This article describes the process adopted in developing these indicators and initial findings regarding the key outcomes. The research is guided by three key principles of collaboration, a need for systemic change and ‘nothing about us without us’. The process adopts a three-stage approach which is outlined and key issues and implications discussed.

Challenges and Opportunities for Regional Policy in Mexico

In Mexico, the regions have long been experiencing great economic and social disparities in terms of per capita income, family income, schooling, housing, social services, infrastructure, transportation; institutional development, social participation, among other items. Disparities that constitute the challenges facing the Government of Mexico to promote and achieve greater economic and social development of the country with greater balance. Challenges that force the State to rethink the country's course of development and with it a new conception and instrumental design of a regional policy that promotes essential processes of economic and social competitiveness of its different regions and the country. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the regional policy of the Mexican government in recent years and to compare it with the regional policies of the European Union to examine the mechanisms that can trigger regional development processes that can be considered in the indispensable construction of a new design and implementation of regional policy.

Fostering a resilient regional economy in the SADC through regional integration

AbstractResilience in regional economic growth in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) can potentially be increased through the implementation of a regional policy which emphasizes regional integration. This will include the removal of tariff and non‐tariff based barriers to trade through trade liberalization and designing more efficient spatial linkages that facilitate increased intra‐regional trade. However, resilience in the region's economic growth is hindered by sluggish implementation of regional trade liberalization and spatial integration policies, as tariff and non‐tariff barriers to trade remain. The aim of the paper is to evaluate regional integration in fostering resilience in economic growth through its enhancement of economic interaction between member states, as well as facilitating increased spatial connectivity and the efficient movement of intra‐regional trade. In this paper, case studies of regional integration models as applied in eight developing country regional trading blocs, including the SADC, are used to determine the effect of intra‐regional trade on the resilience of economic growth in the face of an external economic crisis, namely the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and subsequent recession. Results of the above analysis indicate that intra‐regional trade through regional integration accelerates a region's recovery of its pre‐shock growth path. Despite considerable intra‐regional trade, the recovery of the SADC is hindered by the sluggish post‐shock growth of South Africa, its dominant economy. Based on the findings, it is recommended that intra‐regional trade be strengthened between SADC member states through increased economic integration, trade facilitation through development corridors, and capacitating dynamic regional institutions to oversee economic resilience strategies based on adjustment and adaptation.

Research Network on Regional Economic and Policy History

ABSTRACTIn the spring of 2017, the Research Network on Regional Economic and Policy History organized its inaugural workshop in London. The network aims to stimulate research in relation to regional economic development and planning challenges, by exploring the importance of historical approaches and methodologies whilst uncovering linkages between historical science and regional studies. The added value of an historical perspective is that it assists in revealing path dependencies in a region’s economy. Moreover, it can provide learnings in terms of the successes and failures of policy instruments, strategies, and institutions that are responsible for the implementation of regional policy. Furthermore, history can provide much-needed ‘thick’ descriptions which highlight contingencies. This contribution first explores the perspectives for interdisciplinary exchange between the study of history and the fields of regional and planning studies. Subsequently, it provides an outline of the aims and objectives, key activities, and participants of the network.

МОДЕЛЮВАННЯ ПРОЦЕСУ ФОРМУВАННЯ МЕХАНІЗМУ РЕГУЛЯТОРНОЇ ПОЛІТИКИ ДЕРЖАВИ

This article first proposed the use of a process approach to the formation mechanism of regulatory policy through modeling. It was determined that during the formation mechanism of regulatory policy refers to a complex process of developing conceptual and applied through the implementation of regulatory policy. So decided the formation mechanism of regulatory policy to present through simulation. As an instrument of structural and functional simulation used AllFusion Process Modeler, which allowed the accurate and detailed register all the processes, tools and resources required. Concluded that implementation of the proposed model of the formation mechanism of regulatory policy will take regulatory policy as an important component of the national economy and reverse a number of negative factors in the process of its implementation.

The mediating role of social workers in the implementation of regional policies targeting energy poverty

This paper aims to provide a socio-political reflection of the role played by social workers in regional policies and of the real needs of households affected by energy poverty. The paper also examines the impact of technical-specialised training on the ability of social workers to prevent and mitigate conditions of household energy poverty in Europe.The adoption of a research-action-participation methodological framework and a training research approach has permitted the opinions of social workers to be collected through surveys, and their central role in implementing regional policies to be highlighted. The conclusions obtained have made possible the construction of a self-diagnosis and data-collection tool which increases the ability of social workers to mediate and implement urgent mitigation measures for energy poverty.Finally, regional policies which aim to mitigate household energy poverty are examined from the professional perspective of social workers.

IMPLEMENTASI PERATURAN DAERAH KOTA SEMARANG NOMOR 11 TAHUN 2000 TENTANG PENGATURAN DAN PEMBINAAN PEDAGANG KAKI LIMA DI KECAMATAN SEMARANG SELATAN (STUDI TENTANG PENGELOLAAN PEDAGANG KAKI LIMA OLEH PEMERINTAH KOTA SEMARANG)

The Implementation of the Semarang City Regulation No. 11 Year 2000 on setting And Fostering Street Vendor In District South Semarang is not in accordance with the prescribed rules. Implementation of the Semarang City Regulation No. 11 Year 2000 on setting And Fostering Street Vendor In District South Semarang reap many problems on place setting, licensing and levies so that the background of this study. Research conducted aiming to analyze the implementation of the policy-setting and coaching hawkers in the district of South Semarang, analyzed the factors supporting and implementing policy, and formulate measures necessary to ensure implementation of the policy can be effective. This study uses qualitative research by collecting data through observation, interviews, and documents. The results showed the implementation of regulatory policies and guidance PKL is still not good. This happens because of the lack of the number of officials implementing the policy, the lack of response apparatus against street vendors and there is no SOP. Based on these concerns, there should be efforts to minimize the problems start, increasing the number of officials implementing the policy setting and coaching vendors in terms of the Market Office as the implementing agency shall do the recruitment of employees, increased responsiveness or sensitivity of the apparatus to listen to the aspirations of street vendors and immediately made operational standards procedure (SOP).

The Rapid Expansion of Herbicide Use in Smallholder Agriculture in Ethiopia: Patterns, Drivers, and Implications

Adoption of herbicides by Ethiopian smallholders has grown rapidly, with application on cereals doubling to more than a quarter of the area under cereals between 2004 and 2014. Relying on unique data from a large-scale survey of producers of teff, the most widely grown cereal in Ethiopia, we find considerable positive labor productivity effects of herbicide use of between 9 and 18 per cent. We show that the adoption of herbicides is strongly related to proximity to urban centers, access to all-weather roads, and levels of local rural wages. All these factors have changed substantially over the last decade in Ethiopia, explaining the rapid take-off in herbicide adoption. The sizable increase in herbicide use in Ethiopia has important implications for rural labor markets, potential environmental and health considerations, and capacity development for the design and effective implementation of regulatory policies on herbicides.

УДОСКОНАЛЕННЯ ІНСТИТУЦІЙНИХ ОСНОВ ДЕРЖАВНОЇ РЕГУЛЯТОРНОЇ ПОЛІТИКИ ШЛЯХОМ ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ ЕЛЕКТРОННОГО ВРЯДУВАННЯ

The article considers the problem of building the institutional foundations for the effective implementation of domestic regulatory policy during 2010-2020. The author of the study proceeds from the conceptual approach that "regulatory policy" should be considered as an effective tool of state regulation of the national economy, and it must promote socio-economic development of the whole country and the welfare of the population through sustainable economic development, ensuring a safe environment. Achieving the highest social value (life, health, honor and dignity, inviolability and security) of man. It is noted that the Ukrainian government in the implementation of regulatory policy through the use of e-government provides only automatic receipt of additional benefits from the domestic economy, which will provide at least minimal economic growth at 6% with a steady decline in Ukrainian production. The article pays attention to the historical and logical development of the implementation of regulatory policy institutions. At the same time, two periods of such implementation were noted: until 2016, which is characterized by government legislative initiatives, and from 2016, when government initiatives were to provide international financial resources for EU programs, which ensured effective and mass implementation of the institution in the form of Administrative Service Centre (ASC). The article summarizes the practice of implementing ASC in the regions of Ukraine and notes the regional priority of European programs. Thus, the program "U-LEAD with Europe" covers almost all regions of Ukraine and is dominant in terms of funding. The UCBI-IDLO program is focused exclusively on Donetsk and Luhansk regions, EGAP works in Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk and Volyn regions of Ukraine. It has been proved that the institutions in the form of ASC are exclusively image projects and are mostly created at the expense of European funding, and the legislators of the initiative of the Ukrainian authorities must ensure their profitability through the adoption of a bill on administrative fees. The question of the level and base of this shortsighted tax requires a thorough study and modeling of socio-economic consequences for rural residents, because the level of income of the rural population is far from the level of urban residents.