Keywords
cohesion
intergovernmentalism
neofunctionalism
regional development fund
interests
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Abstract
A regional development fund (RDF) can be crucial to closing the social and economic gaps between countries engaged in economic integration. The purpose of this article is to explore how an RDF could come about in North America by drawing on neofunctionalist and intergovernmentalist theories. Applying these theories' explanations for why an RDF would come about to the creation of the European Union's RDF provides lessons for North America that scholars have previously overlooked. If North America is to benefit from a regional development policy, a new strategy that draws on intergovernmentalist and side-payments theory, in addition to neofunctionalist and cohesion theory, must be developed.Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
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