Spatial patterns of EU funds absorption in Romanian rural municipalities-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Spatial patterns of EU funds absorption in Romanian rural municipalities

Published:2023-06-01 Issue:2 Volume:31 Page:73-83
ISSN:2199-6202
Container-title:Moravian Geographical Reports
language:en
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Author:

Marin Anca Monica¹,Glăvan Eugen¹,Chiş Alin²,Corad Bogdan³

Affiliation:

1. 1 Research Institute for Quality of Life , Bucharest , Romania

2. 2 Independent Expert

3. 3 Romanian Centre for Economic Modelling , Bucharest , Romania

Abstract

Abstract This study analyses the spatial differences in EU funds absorption among Romanian rural municipalities through the 2014–2020 programming period. The absorption capacity for EU funds is measured by the volume of spent EU funds by inhabitant, for each Romanian rural municipality. The results of the analysis highlight the importance of the territorial dimension when studying the distribution of EU funds among the rural municipalities of Romania. Affiliation with a specific development region (NUTS 2), county (NUTS 3) or a functional urban area (FUA) is used to differentiate the volume of absorbed EU funds. In Romania, rural municipalities with higher levels of absorbed EU funding are, to a statistically higher extent, located in development regions in the Centre, North-West, South-West and West of the country; in communes with no change, or even an increase, in population between 2014 and 2021; in the highest quartile of fiscal capacity and in communes with experience with EU funding from the preceding programming period. This article adds to the growing body of territorial evidence and can be used as a policy instrument to more closely examine the intervention tools embedded in EU funding policy.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/mgr-2023-0007

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