EU-funds efficiency and the first National Development Plan in Hungary 2004-2006

The author highlights the importance of the difference between the efficiency and effectiveness of using the EU-subsidies. If Hungary cannot use the financial means of the EU efficiently and effectively, then the goal of cohesion and convergence to the level of the old, developed countries of the EU, will be much more difficult and slower. The efficiency of the EU-subsidies involves a quantitative approach, where the ratio of the obliged and disposable amount of EU-subsidies can be measured. The effectiveness of EU-subsidies, on the other hand, requires a much more complicated and complex approach, than the efficiency. The effectiveness of the usage on a project level can be measured by the “added value” of the project; on program level it can be measured by the added GDP growth or employment. The article presents the results of research carried out in the Research Group of Professor Tibor Palánkai at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.

Working for Families Phase 1 Evaluation 2004-2006 Executive Summary.

This report presents an evaluation of Phase 1 of the Working for Families Fund (WFF) covering 2004-06. WFF was established to invest in new initiatives to improve the employability of parents who have difficulties in participating in the labour market, specifically in employment, education or training. The Fund supported these parents through helping them find sustainable childcare solutions and through providing or accessing other relevant employability-related services. In rural areas, barriers created by poor transport, limited services and the lack of a critical mass of clients were also particularly important. WFF contributes to the Scottish Executive’s Closing the Opportunity Gap approach to tackling poverty and disadvantage, by improving rates of employment and economic activity, and to its commitment to eradicating child poverty within a generation.

Juventud, investigación y saberes. Estado del arte de las investigaciones sobre la realidad juvenil en Medellín 2004 – 2006

Conocer las investigaciones sobre realidad juvenil en Medellín se constituye en un insumo fundamental para la actualización de políticas públicas, el reconocimiento de escenarios novedosos de desarrollo juvenil y la identificación de acciones estratégicas que llenen los vacíos que afectan la calidad de vida de la población juvenil de Medellín y de otros lugares del mundo; por ello, la presente investigación considera la política pública de juventud con sus criterios estratégicos de actuación, que se convierten en los ejes temáticos del presente libro, ellos son: juventud y acción cuerpo y salud juveniles inserción socio-laboral y productividad juvenil juventud, convivencia y conflicto participación social y organización juvenil culturas juveniles comunicaciones juveniles juventud y desarrollo deportivo y lúdico: el tiempo libre juvenil juventudes de corregimientos y juventudes indígenas y afrocolombianas familia y juventud mujer y juventud.

Análisis comparativo de la competitividad de Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela y Chile entre 2006 y 2013 según el informe global de competitividad del Foro Económico Mundial

Bogotá (Colombia): Universidad de La Salle. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales. Programa de Economía