Publisher's Synopsis
Comprises studies on the local capital investment funding schemes and mechanisms with a regional dimension in six candidate countries to the European Union (Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania). These reports contain an inventory of the major flows of public finance for investment in infrastructure, business and labor market promotion. The book analyzes how far these investments conform with the regional development model and the related criteria of the EU. The country reports investigate the relationship between the sectoral and regional allocation of investment resources, and the respective roles of national, regional and local government in the allocation and management of regional development funds.
