THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIC TERRITORIAL DISPARITIES IN ROMANIA

Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of inter-regional and inter-county development disparities existing in Romania and their evolution over time, in the context of the fact that the problem of development gaps receives increased attention in the European Union, especially through regional policy. For our study we used the values of GDP per capita expressed in Euro and Purchasing Power Standard. We have noticed that the differences of development existing among the regions of Romania are maintained although the differences between them and the EU 28 average tend to decrease slightly. Also, at the level of the counties, the development differences are maintained and the Bucharest Municipality records higher values compared to the counties and only it manages to have values of GDP / inhabitant expressed in PPS over the EU average, the values of the other counties getting slightly closer.

Keywords

• disparities
• regional development
• regional policy
• Romania
• European Union