%0 Journal Article %T Effects of the economic - financial crisis on regional development in post-accession Romania %A Lucian %A P. %J Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov. Series V : Economic Sciences %D 2010 %I Transilvania University Press %X To apply the regional development policy of the European Union in Romania, eight development regions have been established, regions that are not administrative - territorial units wthout legal personality and which are eligible for funding from the EU Structural Funds. In the current world of circumstances, in Romania there is a trend of increasing regional disparity. The National Development Plan (2007-2013) sets out the overall aim of reducing the swift socio-economic disparity between Romania and the other EU countries. %K Convergence %K Structural Funds %K Sectoral Operational Programme %K National Development Plan %K National Strategic Reference Framework %U http://but.unitbv.ro/BU2010/Series%20V/BULETIN%20V%20PDF/221%20Lucian.pdf