Területi növekedési pályák a Kárpát-medencében a 2010-es években (I): Általános helyzetkép
Regional Growth Path in the Carpathian Basin in the 2010s: General Status

Summary/Abstract: In our two-part analysis (here the first part), we try to outline the economic growth processes in the Carpathian Basin, focusing on the last decade and on areas inhabited by Hungarians. Our aim is to present the regional differences in economic performance at the level of national economies, between regions (Slovakia, Transcarpathia, Transylvania, Vojvodina, Pannonian-Croatia, Mura Region, and Burgenland), and between other smaller regions. We attempt to consider the direction of the change in regional inequalities and driving forces. In the first part, we point out that the spatial structure of economic development has been stable for a century, so it has barely changed in the last decade. However, small changes indicate the convergence of the regions; the Carpathian Basin seems to be unifying. The driving force behind this convergence is the catching up of the Transylvanian and Hungarian regions, as well as the more moderate development of the two capital regions (i.e., those of Budapest and Bratislava). However, Transcarpathia and Vojvodina were not able to catch up substantially with either the Carpathian Basin or the European Union. Growth was very modest in Vojvodina, and the recession following the Russian–Ukrainian conflict in Transcarpathia caused a particularly sharp decline.

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