Title: THE ROLE OF INFOSTAT UKRAINE-POLAND CLUSTER IN CREATING INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE OF CROSS-BORDER AREAS
Abstract:Due to integration and disintegration processes of the contemporary world as well as a large scale of population movements, cross-border areas have recently become the subject of in-depth studies and...Due to integration and disintegration processes of the contemporary world as well as a large scale of population movements, cross-border areas have recently become the subject of in-depth studies and analyses. Against this background, the Polish-Ukrainian border region stands out due to the clear asymmetry of economic, institutional and social potentials, intensified by political and military conflicts and the fact that it is the external border of the European Union. The aim of the article is to present the specificity of the Polish-Ukrainian cross-border area, as well as the characteristics of the information cluster as an institutional support for boosting development processes in peripheral areas. The paper presents an analysis of objective and subjective aspects of quality of life using taxonomic measures of development. The level and spatial structure of inequalities in economic development and subjective well-being was presented using the Theil index. The use of geographic coordinates and Moran's I statistics allowed us to examine the spatial interdependence of the distribution of objective and subjective measures. Keywords: cross-border areas, integration, disintegration, information cluster, taxonomic methods, Poland, UkraineRead More