The Big Picture: Global Trends Affecting Agricultural Finance -- Institutional and Process Innovations in Serving Rural Clients -- Dealing With Risks in Agricultural Finance -- Using Modern Technology for High-Quality Services in Rural Areas

This book addresses the role of social capital in promoting rural and local development. The recent financial and economic crises have exposed the European Union (EU) to an increased risk of social exclusion and poverty, which are now at the heart of its economic, employment and social agenda...

The book provides a study of sustainable development in rural China. Because of its huge population and vast land area, this is an important issue not only for China but for the whole world. The research presented is both multi aspect and systematical. It can be likened to a tree where the trunk...

1 Introduction -- 2 The Spatial Policy Context of Economic, Agricultural and Environmental Change in Rural Ireland -- 3 A Review of Microsimulation for Policy Analysis -- 4 The SMILE Model: Construction and Calibration -- 5 Validation Issues and the Spatial Pattern of Household Income -- 6 Farm...

Introduction -- Disputed Notions and Definitions in Rural and Regional Studies -- From the Early Literature to the Contemporary Approaches to Regional and Territorial Development -- Policies of Regional Development and Planning -- In Search of Rural Development -- Rural Development Policies --...

1 Introduction -- 2 Changing Trends in Rural Self-Employment in Europe and Turkey -- 3 A New Form of Small Industrial Business in Rural Area: To Exceeding the Local Roots? -- 4 The Modalities of Territorial Embeddedness of French Cooperative Groups -- 5 Strategies for Sustainable Regional...

Interim Management, ein vorübergehender Einsatz von Führungskräften in Unternehmen, wird im Zuge der Flexibilisierung der Arbeitsbeziehungen zunehmend eingesetzt. Irma Rybnikova analysiert die Frage, inwiefern diese marktorientierte Gestaltung von Managementpositionen ein effizientes...

This volume examines the properties of statistics on household behavior in Japan. This work is an essential guide for all researchers who are interested in household decision making and the Japanese economy. Many household surveys are conducted in Japan reflecting the fact that household...

1. Basic Situation of Rural Household -- 2. Rural Household Employment -- 3. Rural Household Income -- 4. Expenditures of Rural Households -- 5. The Property of Rural Household -- 6. Current Development Status of Rural Financial Market -- 7. Formal Credit Demand and Availability of Rural...

This volume is mainly concerned with methods of estimating income elasticity. It is connected with economic development that can be achieved by reducing income inequality, a highly relevant subject in today's world for a wide range of policy areas.