Notes on contributors -- Introduction: reassessing the performance and direction of cohesion policy in 2014-20 / John Bachtler, Peter Berkowitz, Sally Hardy and Tatjana Muravska -- The impact of cohesion policy -- The long-term effectiveness of eu cohesion policy : assessing the achievements of the ERDF, 1989-2012 / John Bachtler, Iain Begg, David Charles and Laura Polverari -- Different approaches to the analysis of eu cohesion policy : leveraging complementarities for evidence-based policy learning / Riccardo Crescenzi and Mara Giua -- Cohesion policy and regional development / Grzegorz Gorzelak -- Econometric assessments of cohesion policy growth effects : how to make them more relevant for policymakers? / Jerzy Pienkowski and Peter Berkowitz -- Does cohesion policy affect regional growth? : new evidence from a semi-parametric approach / Nicola Pontarollo -- The contribution of cohesion policy to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth -- An evaluation of the impact of the construction of motorways and expressways in Poland during the period 2004-13 on accessibility and cohesion / Piotr Rosik, Marcin Stepniak and Tomasz Komornicki -- Demographic implications of 2007-13 regional and cohesion policy actions in Latvia / Aleksandrs Dahs -- The policy challenge in smart specialisation : a common approach meets European diversity / Henning Kroll -- Resilience and involvement : the role of the EU's structural and investment funds in addressing youth unemployment / Elizabeth Sanderson, Peter Wells and Ian Wilson -- Whatever happened to gender mainstreaming? : lessons for the EU's 2014-20 structural and investment funds / Leaza McSorley and Jim Campbell -- The absorption of structural and investment funds and youth unemployment : an empirical test / Jale Tosun, Stefan Speckesser, Carsten Jensen and Jacqueline O'Reilly -- The administration and delivery of cohesion policy -- Administrative and political embeddedness / Neculai-Cristian Surubaru -- Corruption in eu funds? / Mihály Fazekas and István János Tóth -- Efficient implementers and partners : what do we miss in our understanding of how cohesion policy administrators work? / Andrey Demidov -- Funds for the wealthy and the politically loyal? / Gergo Medve-Bálint -- The administrative capacity of the sub-national level in implementing cohesion policy in Romania : lessons learnt and future recommendations / Septimiu-Rares Szabo -- Institutions, territory and place-based policies -- Territorial capital and EU cohesion policy / Ugo Fratesi and Giovanni Perucca -- What institutional arrangements exist to ensure coherent EU cohesion policy planning and implementation? / Liga Baltina and Tatjana Muravska -- Integrated territorial investment : a missed opportunity? / Iván Tosics -- The place-based approach in development policy : a comparative analysis of Polish and EU space / Jacek Zaucha and Tomasz Komornicki -- Index.