Economic Growth and Cohesion Policy Implementation in Italy and Spain

1 Conceptualising Cohesion Policy as a Case of Development Policy: A Framework for Empirical Analysis

2 Understanding the Rules of the Game: How Cohesion Policy Works

3 The Italian Case: Between Decentralisation and the Legacies of the Past

4. The Spanish Case: The Benefits of a National Coordination

5. Conclusions: Two Cases in a Comparative Perspective