Anna Busłowska

A commune is a basic self-government unit in Poland. Handing over a part of qualifications to the local level of self-government engendered the need of the effective and creative resource management for social, economic and ecological development of communes. Tools of infrastructure stimulating constitute the special group of instruments of local development. Equipping the area with social and economic infrastructure is one of factors and of indicators of investment attractiveness. It influences the quality of life of inhabitants. It is also contributing to the development of existing companies and attracting the outside investments. Tools that can be used in this area are: co-financing of investment by the commune and the independent realization by the commune of infrastructure investments.
A main goal of this contribution is an attempt of the assessment of the results of projects co-financed from EU funds carried out in the field of the road infrastructure as the effective tool of the local politics. Analysis will concern the City of Białystok which is dynamically using public funds for the improvement in the infrastructure. In particular it will include results of all selected projects.

The development of the railway infrastructure can be one of the main factors creating regional development. Relationships at the level of market mechanisms, technical, structural changes, can lead to an increase in the productivity of the regional economy. The basis, in this regard, would be to improve the existing transport infrastructure, in particular routes of international importance. An example for that is the Rail Baltica railway, which may boost the development of the regions, including Podlasie. Therefore, the aim of this article is to identify and evaluate the impact of the development of the basic forms of rail infrastructure on regional development on the example of Rail Baltica route in Podlaskie voivodship. The analysis was made on the basis of available statistical data and literature. The article uses the hypothetical-deductive method of research