EJPAU 2011. Stawicki M. THE USE OF EUROPEAN FUNDS BY COMMUNITIES WITH DIFFERENT LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN POLAND

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2011
Volume 14
Issue 4

Topic:

Economics

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Stawicki M. 2011. THE USE OF EUROPEAN FUNDS BY COMMUNITIES WITH DIFFERENT LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN POLAND, EJPAU 14(4), #12.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume14/issue4/abs-12.html

THE USE OF EUROPEAN FUNDS BY COMMUNITIES WITH DIFFERENT LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN POLAND

Maciej Stawicki
Department of European Policy, Public Finances and Marketing, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)

ABSTRACT

The goal of the article was to determine the use of European Union’s structural
funds acquired by communes characterized by different development level localized
in Eastern Poland (contains the following provinces: warmińsko-mazurskie, podlaskie,
lubelskie, świętokrzyskie and podkarpackie). Statistical analyses led to the
conclusion that best developed municipalities acquired the largest amount of
European funds. The highest absolute and relative value of implemented projects
characterized biggest cities. Faster development in peripheral rural and rural-urban
communes resulted mainly from technical and secondarily social infrastructure
development. In this group of communes a weak correlation between the volume
of acquired funds and development speed was observed.

Key words: EU structural funds, evaluation, regional policy, local development, communes, Eastern Poland.

Maciej Stawicki
Department of European Policy, Public Finances and Marketing, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)
Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Phone: +48 22 59 340 64
email: maciej_stawicki@sggw.pl

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