[PDF] Eu Support For Rural Infrastructure eBook

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Page : 66 pages
File Size : 45,58 MB
Release : 2016
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ISBN : 9789287239150

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The EU co-finances investments in rural infrastructure with the aim to improve competitiveness of the agricultural and forestry sectors and increase the quality of life in rural areas. This audit examined whether the Member States and the European Commission have achieved value for money with the funds allocated. The audit found that the need for EU rural development funding was not always clearly justified, coordination with other funds was weak and selection procedures did not systematically direct funding towards the most cost-effective projects. The Commission and the Member States have not collected adequate information on the effectiveness or efficiency of the measures funded, making it difficult to direct future policy and manage the budget by results.

Author : Csaba Csáki
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 39,46 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
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This report, based on an overview of recent regional developments, summarizes the revised World Bank assistance strategy for rural development in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. The rural sector includes the people; the economic development activities; the institutional, economic, and social infrastructure; and the natural resources of rural areas, and is thus not confined to agricultural alone. But this report focuses principally on Bank activities that support rural development and policy reforms designed to improve well-being and increase the competitiveness of all rural enterprises. Natural resources and social issues are addressed separately. Chapter 2 looks at the reform process in the rural sector, particularly the increasing differentiation between Central Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Chapter 3 examines the Bank's strategy for rural development as manifested in its Country Assistance Strategies (CAS) and existing loan portfolio in ECA countries. Chapter 3 ends by discussing the Bank's achievement targets and components of its regional strategy.

Author : Greg Halseth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 30,39 MB
Release : 2018-10-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 1351054023

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Access to quality services and community infrastructure are vital parts of supporting sustainable and resilient rural and small town places. Renewing outdated infrastructure and supporting the delivery of services in rural communities present significant challenges from the constrained fiscal and policy realities of the 21st century. Drawing upon contributors from five Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, this book describes innovative service delivery and community infrastructure models that are appropriate to the contemporary rural and resource-dependent regions of developed economies. The examples show that an entrepreneurial approach to service delivery and infrastructure provision by local organizations and governments is needed. Critical economic and community development supports are crucial to assist creative and innovative sets of solutions that work for small communities. Chapters in this book argue that community development foundations for resilient rural and small town communities and regions must be co-constructed and co-delivered in partnership by both local and senior government actors, in terms of both policy and committed resources. This volume will be extremely valuable for students, scholars, and community development practitioners exploring policy-making, government initiatives, and community service provision in rural and small town places.

Author : Anna Visvizi
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 19,58 MB
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1787698475

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Increasing depopulation is causing huge problems for rural communities, leading to a reduction in services and infrastructure in areas with ageing populations. This book examines the concept of the Smart Village, an ICT-conscious integrated strategy which provides a sustainable solution to these problems, helping to revitalize rural areas.

Author : Martin Pělucha
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1000672786

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Rural Development in the Digital Age explores current theoretical and policy developments in EU rural policy during the 4.0 period. The book offers an analysis of the contradictory and complex drivers and multiple impacts of Period 4.0 policy within the specific territorial context of its implementation. It is commonly agreed within academic and policy circles that the contexts, trends, drivers and impacts which are currently morphing have the potential to determine the nature and boundaries of rural areas in the longer-term. The authors examine inconsistencies in the design and implementation of EU rural development policy driven largely by intensifying neo-productivist pressures. The importance and novelty of the book lie in defining and critically examining the territorial impacts of neo-productivism as an ideology, a practice and a set of policy imperatives during the EU’s 2014-2020 programming period. The authors argue that such a paradigm shift in EU rural policy may reduce its effectiveness and ability to meet its goals of balanced territorial development and cohesion. This book will be of interest to advanced students, researchers and policymakers in rural policy, regional studies, economic geography and EU policy.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Fao
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 43,89 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
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Land consolidation can be an important tool for increasing agricultural competitiveness and improving rural conditions. This publication addresses the policy implications of using new instruments introduced by the European Union (EU) to support land consolidation, in EU Members and neighbouring countries. It describes the available funding options and makes recommendations for including land consolidation within a rural development programme.

Author : Lois Labrianidis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 38,85 MB
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 1351146629

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Bringing together case studies from Germany, Greece, Poland, Portugal and the UK, this book examines the contribution of entrepreneurial ventures and new technology in stimulating economic development in rural locations. It looks at instances of 'good practice' in terms of both public and private initiatives, and develops a coherent combination of policy objectives facilitating the long-term economic development of the countryside. Firstly analyzing the key causes and effects of economic restructuring currently affecting Europe's rural areas, the book then explores the consequences that European integration and 'globalization' have had and will have in future. It identifies sources of entrepreneurship and examines their distribution between different gender, age and other social groupings. The book continues to evaluate the extent to which the existing institutional, social and technological environment and infrastructure encourages and facilitates entrepreneurship.

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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,94 MB
Release : 2017
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ISBN : 9789279686283

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This edition of the EAFRD Projects Brochure is on the theme of 'supporting rural business'. The title reflects an interpretation that focuses not only on supporting individual rural businesses, but on helping to create the kind of enabling environment that can allow businesses to be set up, to develop and to prosper in rural areas. Supporting rural business usually means providing strategic interventions that can increase the likelihood of successful, self-sustaining economic activities in rural areas. In practice, this can cover investment in the digital and physical infrastructure needed for rural businesses to prosper as well as targeted investments, support and advice that can put individual businesses on a financially more sustainable footing.