Deliverable 1.1: Report on the Development Effects of both the EU Enlargement and the ENP since their Implementation in 2004: Socio-economic Cohesion, Regional Disparities and Intensities of Economic Interactions

Abstract

This report consists of three working papers, which subsequently offer an overview of the gaps in empirical literature on the ENP in the themes that the SEARCH project will examine, an overview of theoretical literature and empirical literature on new economic geography, and an overview of regional development literature. Together these working papers could inform both the empirical direction and the theoretical underpinnings of the SEARCH project. This conclusion will give a brief overview of the most important conclusions of the working papers. Since the goal of this report is only to provide an overview of existing research in order to inform the SEARCH project, policy implications of this report are not further explored. The academic implications of this report for the SEARCH project will not be discussed in depth either, as that is the topic of the report of deliverable 1.3.