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Western policy lessons in the second phase of regional transformation

egységesített cím: Western policy lessons in the second phase of regional transformation

Szalavetz Andrea

beszerezve: 2006-06-26

2001-09-01 (eredeti változat)

Regionális gazdaság

regionális fejlődés

gazdasági átmenet

innováció

modernizáció

intézmény

Kivonat: The backward regions of Hungary failed to catch up during the first
decade of the Hungarian transition, despite spectacular progress with
modernization, accelerating economic growth, deep-rooted changes in
regional-development policy, institutions and practice, and substantial
spending on regional development. On the contrary, the spatial
concentration of the foreign direct investment (FDI) that was attracted
exacerbated the regional differences. Some regions caught up very fast
and became growth-poles. The situation in others kept deteriorating,
while certain regions simply remained hopelessly underdeveloped.
Drawing on Western experience and international literature on regional
development, this paper analyses the applicability to Hungary of the
Western policy approach and of certain measures aimed at restructuring and
revitalizing old (traditional) industrial regions.
The main assertions are these:
- Declining regions exhibit regionally concentrated forms of sectoral
problems.
- While the first phase of regional transformation involved institutional
transformation (EU-compatible institution building), the second necessitates
institutional empowerment (enabling regulations that contribute to the
effective functioning of the institutions).
- Regional-development practice needs to become more sophisticated in the
second phase, which also covers the preparations for becoming a fully-fledged
applicant for EU regional-development funds.
- A regional innovation system to promote these efforts should include
strengthening the existing innovation nodes and promoting technology
transfer, rather than creating new focuses of innovation.
- Regional-development policy-makers should be aware of the specific
features determining the pattern and prospects of the Hungarian regional
structure, because these may jeopardize the effectiveness of development
programmes. At the same time, they must also be aware of best Western
practice in regional development and adopt the promising approaches found
so far.
- The specific Hungarian features (some applicable to other transforming
economies as well) include, in emerging industrial districts, the bias of
the specialization pattern against intradistrict industrial linkages, and
in old industrial districts, the general lack of growth prospects and
problems of basic financing, which hinder programmes focused on
network-building.
- The main aspect of best Western practice that needs adopting is the dual
approach in the programmes for revitalizing old industrial regions. This
combines structural change (attracting new actors and introducing new
industries) with measures aimed at the performance improvement of existing
actors.

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Western policy lessons in the second phase of regional transformation / Andrea Szalavetz$Budapest : Institute for World Economics Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2001$(IWE working papers, 1215-5241 ; 2001/119.)$ISBN 963 301 373 9$OSZK: link.oszk.hu/libriurl.php?LN=hu&DB=oszk&SRY=an&SRE=919880

Szalavetz Andrea: The structural and regional implications of the New Economy in transition economies (http://mek.oszk.hu/03800/03809/)

Szemlér Tamás: Regional development and the EU pre-accession and Structural Funds (http://mek.oszk.hu/03700/03767/)

térbeli: Magyarország