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The paper presents a legislative and institutional framework of regional development in Serbia, as well as the analysis of regional disparities across different geography, elaborated through six selected indicators: population and population density (analyzed as a single indicator), Regional GDP, Employment, Unemployment, Business Demography and Budgetary Revenues per capita. Indicators are analyzed at the all three NUTS, as defined by the Law on Regional Development, and at the local level (cities and municipalities). In the analysis, the paper applies the unweighted Gini index of regional disparity that was used in calculating disparities within each observed indicator. The results are presented within the tables and figures that show changes of the Gini index across years of observation. The paper showed that highest regional disparities in Serbia are at the local and NUTS 3 level. Disparities at those two levels are stable across the years. Disparities at NUTS 1 and NUTS 2 levels are also high, yet lower than at the bellow territorial levels (NUTS 3 and the local level). However, disparity at these two levels grows much faster than at the NUTS 3 and local level.

Das Problem regionaler Disparitäten zwischen den prosperierenden Küstenregionen im Osten und den Regionen im Westen und in der Mitte Chinas haben in der chinesischen Presse ein hohes Maß an Aufmerksamkeit erfahren. Politiker aus den Problemregionen machen die Wirtschaftspolitik der Zentralregierung mit ihrer einseitigen Orientierung auf den Osten des Landes für das Zurückbleiben der Provinzen im Binnenland verantwortlich. Die Presse reagierte auf solche Vorwürfe mit Berichten über Investitionsprojekte und Besuche von Politikern und ausländischen Wirtschaftsdelegationen im chinesischen Hinterland. Die Zentralregierung hat ihrerseits die Küstenregionen zu Investitionen im Binnenland ermutigt, wo Raum und billige Arbeitskräfte zur Verfügung stehen. Bei der weiteren Entwicklung ihrer Regionen sind die mittleren und westlichen Provinzen Chinas jedoch im wesentlichen auf sich selbst angewiesen. (BIOst-Wpt)

This book challenges the common perception that significant regional disparities do not exist in small countries. As small developed countries become increasingly competitive and their economic structures resemble those of the large, a re-assessment of the regional consequences of these changes is of timely importance. Regional Disparities in Small Countries presents a systematic discussion of the unique theoretical, methodological and measurement challenges in analyzing regional inequalities in small countries and a series of empirical analyses addressing the issue of regional convergence and divergence in these countries. With contributions from leading regional scientists and economists, this book also examines the policy experience of small countries in closing regional gaps and the effectiveness of public interventions in this field.

This book challenges the common perception that significant regional disparities do not exist in small countries. As small developed countries become increasingly competitive and their economic structures resemble those of the large, a re-assessment of the regional consequences of these changes is of timely importance. Regional Disparities in Small Countries presents a systematic discussion of the unique theoretical, methodological and measurement challenges in analyzing regional inequalities in small countries and a series of empirical analyses addressing the issue of regional convergence and divergence in these countries. With contributions from leading regional scientists and economists, this book also examines the policy experience of small countries in closing regional gaps and the effectiveness of public interventions in this field. TOC:Introduction. Concepts, Theory and Methods: The Liability of Smallness.- Country Size in Regional Economics.- Measures of Regional Inequality for Small Countries.- Investigating Spatial Patterns of Income Disparities Using Coordinate Transformations and GIS Mapping. Empirical Evidence: Regional Employment Disparities in Belgium.- Regional Income Convergence and Inequality in Boom and Bust (Finland).- Regional Disparities in Ireland.- The Persistence of Regional Unemployment Disparities in the Netherlands.- The Dynamics of Regional Disparities in a Small Country (Slovenia).- Interregional Disparities in Israel.- Does Decentralisation Matter to Regional Inequalities? Regional Inequalities in the EU Enlargement Countries. Policy Issues: Has the Financial Economy Increased Regional Disparities in Switzerland over the Last Three Decades?- Regional Policy Lessons from Finland.- The Globalisation of Austrian Regions.- Innovation Policy

Papers presented at the 91st Annual Conference of the Indian Economic Association, held at Udaipur during 27-29 December 2008