Decentralisation and regional policy in the Republic of Macedonia: development and perspectives

Decentralisation and regional development policy in the Republic of Macedonia have evolved under different circumstances, but both involve a possibility for positive changes at the local level. The decentralisation policy has mainly derived from the political requests of municipalities regarding the development policy was mainly created as a response to the problem of huge economic and social differences between the capital city and other parts of the country. There was also an external dimension in the creation of regional development policy, attributable to the EU accession process of the Republic of Macedonia...