Disparities among regions and the regional development-case of Republic of Macedonia
Disparities among regions and the regional development-case of Republic of Macedonia

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this research paper is to indicate the disparities between regions in direction of encouraging and developing balanced regional development of the Republic of Macedonia. For the purpose of this research comparative analysis of the condition of the economic development of Local Government Units of Republic of Macedonia is being conducted. The procedure for sample selection was based on principle for making regional representative sample, which will define the region in accordance to its definition by the State Statistical office of the Republic of Macedonia. According to data base, which is made on basis of the following indicators: GDP per capita at municipal level, number of citizens in the municipality, size of the territory of the municipality and number of settlements that gravitate towards the municipality, there are 22 municipalities in the realized total sample, from each planning region in the country, representing 30% of the municipalities from each planning region. For the purpose of the reasearch comparative analysis of the conditions in the Local Government Unitsis being conducted. The analysis of the indicators that refer to economic – social index (total incomes in terms of GDP, total expenses in terms of GDP), analysis of financial capacity of municipalities in Republic of Macedonia (capacity and structure of original incomes, capacity and structure of budget transfers and donations, participation of municipalities’ original incomes in the total budget revenue) shall be presented in this thesis, and a matrix of indicators for incomes and expenses per planning region will be presented.

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