BRUNO DALLAGO PhD is Professor of Economics at the University of Trento and Academic Director of the Joint European Master in Comparative Local Development, Italy. He was President of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies, Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley, USA and Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan and Consultant to various international organizations. His research interests include comparative economics, transforming economies of Central and East Europe, SMEs and entrepreneurship.

• List of Tables and Figures Notes on the Contributors LIst of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface The Local Dimension of Transformation: An Introduction; B.Dallago EU Expansion and Regional Policy; P.Marer National and Local Governments: Institutional Rebuilding and the Politics in the Balkans; S.Piattoni Inequality, Poverty and Growth: The Balkan Case; G.Berloffa & M.L.Segnana Reforms of Local Development in South-East Europe: Closer to Europe?; J.Woelk Institutions and Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Evaluation in South-East Europe; B.Dallago Elites in the Making, and their Organizational Behaviour: Cases in Russia and the Balkans; B.Grancelli & A.M.Chiesi International Aid, Policy Transfer and Local Economic Development in North Montenegro; W.Bartlett Rediscovering the Value of the Co-operative Sector in South-East Europe: History, Current Developments and Some Ideas for the Future; M.Bateman De-localization, Investments and Knowledge Transfer: The Case of 'Triveneto' Industrial Smes' De-localization in Romania; I.Trevisan The Balkans Viewed from Brussels: The Local Development in South-East Europe; S.Gozi References Index