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  • Živorad Gligorijević, Petar Veselinović, Aleksandar Manasijević
    ECONOMIC THEORY AND POLITICS OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ONE VIEW OF THE ORIGIN AND TRANSFORMATION
    JEL: R10, R19, R58
    Keywords: Theory and politics of regional development, "golden age" of theory and politics of regional development, neoliberal theory and politics of regional development, contemporary understandings of theory and politics of regional development
    Summary: Economic development, as the original (natural) aspiration and primordial need of every individual, as well as society as a whole, has its own regional aspect in addition to the national one, which, under the influence of numerous factors, always takes place and is realized as an uneven development. The unevenness of regional development is, therefore, constant, that is, its existence represents a general legality. In conditions where development takes place as a spontaneous and not as a socially directed process, unevenness leads to the appearance of large regional differences. That is why there is a permanent need to study regional development, and this need is becoming more and more relevant every day. This is, first of all, the result of the fact that during many years of research it has been confirmed that regional development, due to its importance and impact on overall socio-economic flows, quite justifiably represents one of the central areas of interest of economic science. In addition, the topicality of the study of regional development is growing as a result of the emergence and presence of large regional differences in the economic reality of many countries, regardless of their level of development. Over time, in accordance with changes in the global environment, socio-political, and on that basis, economic systems, the way of observing and understanding regional development has also changed. Starting from the above-mentioned positions, the goal of the research is to, based on relevant theoretical knowledge, look at the origin and development trends of the theory and policy of regional development.
  • Martin Harizanov
    PERSPECTIVE SPATIAL MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE REDIVISION INTO REGIONS AND PROVIDING FOR BULGARIA’S REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    JEL: R51, R58
    Keywords: division into regions, financial security, NUTS 2, planned North-west region
    Summary: Bearing in mind the process of depopulation of Bulgaria’s North-west region, the planning and further worsening of the socio-economic indicators of the region necessitate taking actions for the redivision of the NUTS 2 regions. The need of differentiating new division into regions is determined by the high degree of the region’s lagging in key socio-economic factors such as: transport infrastructure, demographic characteristics, GDP per capita, average gross salary, etc. The proposed model for division of Bulgaria’s regions preserves in the long run the number of citizens in the level 2 regions set in the normative base and allows the differentiation of five regional centers. This means that in a case of lack of force majeure circumstances in the socio-economic aspect in the country, we can achieve economic integration among the regions and development of regional policy for the purposes of the implementation of financial securing of the development of the lagging regions, which as of this moment, encompass the planned North-west region.
  • Valentin Milinov,
    Human Resources in Regional Administration - Financial, Management and Organizational Aspects
    JEL: G28, Í83, Q18, R58
    Keywords: regional administration, human resources, management policy, programme budget, quality of human capital
    Summary: Public administration supports the activities of the state authorities by ensuring the actual functioning of the state administration. It regulates the relations between the citizens and the state institutions and local institutions, administers their rights and obligations, as well as the ways they are implemented. Regional administration is an important part of the public administration. It assists the district governor to carry out the state governance and ensure consistency between national and local interests in conducting regional policies and achieving the strategic goals and priorities of the government programme. Modern understanding of the theory of quality of human capital involved in public administration highlights the key importance of this factor at national level. Global changes related to the adaptation of the Bulgarian administration to the European one have put an even greater emphasis on integration, capacity increase, career opportunities, optimizing the costs and improving human resources management in the state administration.