Challenges of Inclusive Development in the Context of the EU 2020 Strategy. The Case of Poland

The aim of the article is to identify key challenges of inclusive development in Poland The notion of inclusive development has not been unambiguously defined so far, although this issue has been dealt with for years by recognized opinion forming international organizations such as EU, IMF, OECD and the World Bank. The paper reviews the definition of inclusive development. A universal definition of this development was formulated, and then a method of its measurement in Poland was proposed, taking into account the availability of public statistics data. The measurement was carried out at the level of communes, assuming that overcoming the challenges of inclusive development is particularly important in small regions inhabited by local communities. The conclusions from the analysis was confronted with the assumptions of the EU 2020 Strategy.