Glabalization has accelerated the process towards regional integrations among the nations by bringing to the fore the complementarity between the nations. Furthermore, thanks to the rapid developments in transportation and commu-nication...
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Glabalization has accelerated the process towards regional integrations among the nations by bringing to the fore the complementarity between the nations. Furthermore, thanks to the rapid developments in transportation and commu-nication technologies, regions and sub-regions within each nation have been able to develop direct interaction with the world. During this process, both the definition of the "region" and the approaches to regional development have changed considerably: Ambitious regional de-velopment plans that are extensive in their coverage and have been replaced by regional plans that are smaller in scale, emphasizing the principles of sustaina-bility, complementarity and participation with a view that sub-regions could have specific potentials and be competitive. Under the new approach, the in-tervention area is accordingly determined with regard to specific economic, social and environmental conditions, as well as spatial structures and human resources within th region under consideration. This paper reviews various policy tools and institutional set-ups that are be-ing used for the purpose of regional development in relation to potential and specific features of the region and their interaction with external factors. -- Regional development ; Policy tools and agencies