@article{ipilova2016testing,
  title = {Testing the Approaches of Regional Development in Small Municipalities},
  author = {Viktorija Å ipilova and Ludmila Aleksejeva and Inta Ostrovska},
  year = 2016,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JEERBE/2016/677185/},
  journal = {Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business and Economics},
  volume = 2016 (2016),
  pages = 17,
  doi = 10.5171/2016.677185,
  abstract = {Aims of regional development in terms of the new paradigm related to creativity and sustainability and possibilities of small municipalities (with decreasing population) to reach and to evaluate development accordingly to the new paradigm have stimulated authors’ interest to test regional development in small municipalities. Additionally, high and low level of development in terms of small municipalities often finds roots in similar dominating stimuli. The paper focuses on the analysis that covers testing of two main approaches of regional development — place- and people-based — using the case study of 19 municipalities in the region with the continuously relatively low level of regional development (Latgale region at the Southeast of Latvia). Testing of a number of variables related to financial support and education (people-based approach) and to infrastructure and expenses linked with territory as well as natural resources (place-based approach) for municipalities divided accordingly to process (development rates) and result (development level) provides understanding of the contribution of each approach to the development of municipalities that are at different stages of regional development. Additionally, the paper offers variables that can be used for further monitoring of development in small municipalities in terms of the different development approaches. The results come from application of regression analysis and particularly from a number of log-log models. Authors have found dependence on the same short-term stimuli related to place-based approach in all municipalities’ groups at all stages of development. Realization of development strategies can improve the situation, because municipalities’ activities have provided effect accordingly to the data analysed, and this is a positive tendency.},
  keywords = {place-based development, people-based development, small municipalities, Latgale region (Southeast of Latvia).},
  note = Article ID: 677185
}