TY - GEN N2 - The analysis is aimed at assessing the value and structure of EU structural investments in terms of their compliance with specific needs of economic stagnation areas in Poland, whereas these needs result from shaping and enhancing the development factors of the areas. The subject of analysis are economic stagnation areas delimited with k-smooth cluster analysis based upon values of meta-synthetic Z-score index measured within the period of 2000–2010 in set of NTS 4 units. First step of the research procedure rests upon identifying the development factors of economic stagnation areas in both holistic and partial approaches to socio-economic development. The second step of procedure aims to determine the value and structure of EU investments in both their total allocations and by allocation corresponding to the relevant aspect of socio-economic development. The analysis foreseen in this step of procedure is carried out on set of NTS 4 units within the eligible period of financing i.e. 2004–2010. The final step of procedure encompasses the analysis of correspondence between the value and structure of EU investments and development factors as identified for economic stagnation areas. The obtained results of the study allow for drawing recommendations on targeting the investments of development policy in local level economic stagnation areas, in order to efficiently shape and enhance their development factors. The results presented here come from one of the stages of a research conducted under the project Socio-economic development and the formation of areas of economic growth and stagnation, funded by the National Science Centre (N N306 791940), performed by the authors of this study L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/Content/55722/PDF/WA51_76011_r2015-t37_SOW-Churski.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Studia Obszarów Wiejskich, t. 37 PY - 2015 EP - 130 KW - economic stagnation areas KW - socio-economic development aspects KW - factors of development KW - EU investments A1 - Churski, Paweł A1 - Borowczak, Anna A1 - Perdał, Robert PB - IGiPZ PAN PB - PTG VL - 37 CY - Warszawa SP - 115 T1 - Czynniki rozwoju obszarów stagnacji w Polsce a ukierunkowanie interwencji środków unijnych = Development factors for economic stagnation areas in Poland in light of targeting the EU structural investments UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/dlibra/publication/edition/55722 ER -