REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IS A SOLUTION FOR THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IS A SOLUTION FOR THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: One of the objectives of the research in the work is to determine the role of the European Union's preaccession assistance policy (IPA) which, based on the results of the analysis of the research in the paper,directly or indirectly influenced regional development in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and remains one of thekey development levers in overcoming regional and general underdevelopment. The subject of theanalysis in the paper is to bring closer the significance of regional development in the function of overalleconomic development, with a special emphasis on Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main goal of this paperis to assess the level and pace of regional development of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the one hand, andthe Euro-Atlantic path of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a potential candidate for EU membership on theother. The primary research of regional development and assessment of the level of development as wellas the scope of structural policies in overcoming the key political, social and economic problems thathinder the development and improvement of the economic integration of Bosnia and Herzegovinatowards the European Union are limited to the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The basic scientificmethods used in the work and giving answers to research questions are historical and comparativemethods. They consist of methods and indicators of statistical analysis (indices, growth rates,participation rates, coefficients, averages). Specific scientific methods used in the process of work are:method of analysis, synthesis method, induction method, descriptor method, deduction method, classification method, comparison method. The empirical results of the research confirm that Bosnia andHerzegovina is faced with the problem of regional development with a pronounced imbalance betweenthe areas within the whole territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This confirms the need for systemicpolicy as well as regional development policy at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina that would be inline with the policies of the European Union.

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