ABSTRACT
A recurring theme in the literature on regional development agencies (RDAs) is that a perceived advantage of this particular approach makes it possible to focus spatial economic policy on the specific challenges faced by individual regions (Halkier and Danson 1997, Halkier et al. 2012). In other words, geography matters for public development policy. At the same time it is also obvious that when economic structures and processes change, then regional development policies will have to be rethought to be able to make a difference, because public intervention also has to be timely.
