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Research Articles Issue 2 · 2013 · pp. 132–142 · Issue page

PROBLEMS OF STRUCTURAL FUNDS ABSORPTION IN ROMANIA- LOCAL ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVE-STUDY CASE-VALCEA COUNTY

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Ruxanda MIHAELA (ALBU)1
1 Doctorand, Universitatea din București, Facultatea de Științe Politice
Accepted 25 March 2026
Available Online 15 November 2013
Abstract
THIS PAPER PRESENTS AN EVALUATION OF THE CENTRAL PROBLEMS OF THE LOCAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WHICH INDUCE A LOW ABSORPTION RATE OF THE STRUCTURAL FUNDING. THE EMPIRICAL RESULTS SUGGEST THAT A LOW ABSOR PTION RATE OF STRUCTURAL FUNDs AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IS HIGHLY INFLUENCED BY THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AT THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION LEVEL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE STRUCTURAL FUNDS (SFS). THEREFORE, IF PROBLEMS ARE ENCOUNTERED AT THE LEVEL OF THE LOCAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SFS, THEN THE ABSO RPTION CAPACITY WILL BE NEGATIVELY INFLUENCED. IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THESE PROBLEMS WE HAVE ANALYZED THE DATA AND INTERVIEWS OBTAINED IN ONE COUNTY, WHICH LED TO THE FOLLOWING OUTCOME, THAT THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION’S CAPACITY IS CRITICALLY INFLUENCED BY: I NSUFFICIENT HUMAN AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES, CO -FINANCING PROBLEMS, LOW LEVEL OF INFORMATION, POLITICAL SUPPORT AND AFFILIATION, PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTRAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH CONSULTING COMPANIES.
Keywords
STRUCTURAL FUNDS LOCAL ADMINISTRATION ABSORPTION CAPACITY
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