@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3622,
	  title     = {The Impact of Local Decision-Making in Regional Development Schemes on the Achievement of Efficiency in EU Funds},
	  author    = {Kuyucu Helvacioglu Asli Deniz and  Tektas Arzu},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {European Union candidate status provides a
strong motivation for decision-making in the candidate
countries in shaping the regional development policy where
there is an envisioned transfer of power from center to the
periphery. The process of Europeanization anticipates the
candidate countries configure their regional institutional
templates in the context of the requirements of the European
Union policies and introduces new instruments of incentive
framework of enlargement to be employed in regional
development schemes. It is observed that the contribution of
the local actors to the decision making in the design of the
allocation architectures enhances the efficiency of the funds
and increases the positive effects of the projects funded under
the regional development objectives. This study aims at
exploring the performances of the three regional development
grant schemes in Turkey, established and allocated under the
pre-accession process with a special emphasis given to the
roles of the national and local actors in decision-making for
regional development. Efficiency analyses have been
conducted using the DEA methodology which has proved to
be a superior method in comparative efficiency and
benchmarking measurements. The findings of this study as
parallel to similar international studies, provides that the
participation of the local actors to the decision-making in
funding contributes both to the quality and the efficiency of
the projects funded under the EU schemes.},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering},
	  volume    = {2},
	  number    = {8},
	  year      = {2008},
	  pages     = {840 - 848},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3622},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/20},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 20, 2008},
	}