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Regional policy has developed in response to political, social and economic pressures. These pressures have developed mainly because the market mechanism has proved ineffective in removing interregional inequities within a politically realistic time horizon.
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Curwen, P.J., Fowler, A.H. (1976). Regional Policy. In: Economic Policy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15709-9_5
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