o:29276 Regional performances of the serbian economy in the context of EU cohesion policy en Abstract: The pronounced regional inequalities in different domains, as a rule, cause numerous problems in the functioning of the national economy and society as a whole. Hence, the consideration of regional issues from the economic point of view appears as an indispensable moment. Several proposals for regionalization have been put forward in Serbia, regarding its strategic commitment to European Union accession. This paper starts from the current regionalization of our country, in accordance with the Nomenclature of Statistical Territorial Units (NUTS) of the EU. The basic characteristics of the development image of our NUTS 2 regions are analyzed. The need to harmonize the institutional framework for regional development of Serbia with EU Cohesion policy is discussed in the final part of the paper Key words: regional development, NUTS 2, regional indicators, institutions, Serbia 1552101 0354-9135 2023-05-10T11:11:05.059Z 44 no 46 Gojko Rikalović Univerzitet u Beogradu Ekonomski fakultet 12352871 0000-0002-6638-3724 Dejan Molnar person 6736743 0000-0002-6081-8141 application/pdf 343410 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:29276 no yes 1 70 92000002 11A03 Ekonomski vidici 25 1-2 129 150 2020