DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2008.2.24

UDC: 913:338(497.4-18)

 

Abstract: This paper is a contribution in the context of implementing the national project Development possibilities of Slovenian border regions after Slovenia's entering the Schengen Area. The analysis and comparison of economic indicators of economic development originate in European socioeconomic policy on structuring the Euro regions which represent permanent spatial structures aimed at promoting cross-border co-operation between the neighbouring local and regional communities in the border area on both sides of the state borders. An analysis of development parameters of effectiveness of regional development of Slovenia upon its inclusion into the European Union is given. Special emphasis is given to the transition process in border regions of the north-eastern Slovenia. Social and economic development has opened the formerly peripheral regions to intense international transit and to local exchange, although their intensity is not equally distributed. Based on the analysis of spatial and functional changes, a comparision of economic effectiveness and competitiveness will be given using the example of Podravje and Pomurje statistical regions compared to the border regions in Austria and Hungary.

Key words: economic development, European integration, economic integration, spatial structures, regional disparities, border regions, peripherality.

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