Bulletin n. 1/2013 | ||
June 2013 | ||
Garretsen Harry, McCann Philip, Martin Ron, Tyler Peter |
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The future of regional policy | ||
in Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society , Volume 6 Issue 2 July , 2013 , 179-186 | ||
The last few years have seen the publication of a range of major international reports that have put the spotlight once again on the underlying logic, the mechanics and the intended outcomes of regional and local development policy. The impacts of these reports have been reinforced by the general re-thinking and re-questioning among policy-makers in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis as to the most appropriate ways forward for best fostering growth and development. At the forefront of these debates have been the World Bank (2009), the European Commission (Barca 2009) and the OECD (2009a, 2009b, 2011a, 2011b), institutions that have taken rather divergence views on the most appropriate ways forward (Barca et al. 2012). | ||