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Since the late 1980s development gaps between the European Union (EU) member states have been narrowing. In a relatively short period of time, important catching-up events have emerged, alongside ongoing wide income discrepancies between regions within the individual member states. In a period of growing European integration and increasing Community efforts to encourage cohesion, the persistence of significant regional differentials poses two questions.
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© 2005 Jean-Paul Fitoussi and Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa
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Fitoussi, JP., Schioppa, F.K.P. (2005). Regional Differentials and Policies for Territorial Cohesion in the European Union. In: Fitoussi, JP., Schioppa, F.K.P. (eds) Report on the State of the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230006270_4
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