Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 1 / 2013 (578)
Local reforms by political conditionality: trials and erros in Central and Eastern Europe
National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest
Abstract. This article gives an overview of the local reforms undertaken between 1998 and 2011 in seven CEE countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia). The interest lies especially in determining national actions for increasing transparency of local self-government and decentralisation. Reading the European monitoring documents prior and after accession (where available), and national strategies of reform, the author argues that for the CEE region reforms undertaken during accession to the European Union had not been entirely internalized, and that in the absence of any conditionality costs, these countries experienced a reform regress. As results are presented, the prediction proves invalid for some part of the region and the authors advocate for the need of cross-referencing data and advance research.
Contents
Corruption, public integrity, and globalization in South-Eastern European states. A comparative analysis
The risks of Euro adoption in Romania – an analysis based on ten criteria
The impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth: the Portuguese experience
The lack of consistency in budget deficit criteria in the Stability and Growth Pact
Local reforms by political conditionality: trials and erros in Central and Eastern Europe
Employment in the EU countries: a panel data analysis
Territorial efficiency of the cohesion policy in Romania
Corporate social responsibility and organizational identity in post-crisis economy
Urban and rural educational system disparities in Romania
Adaptation of the tourism in Romania to the new economic context imposed by the global economic crisis (in 2010)