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Endogenous initiatives as a chance to improve rural livelihood? Results of a case study in Bal­tow, South-Eastern Poland
Gramzow, Andreas - 2006
job opportunities in other rural economic sectors. In particular, in South eastern Poland the shut down of heavy industry … communeBa?tów (South-eastern Poland) in order to counteract these developments, local development associations and a regional …Ländliche Regionen in Polen weisen aufgrund eines Mangels an Arbeitsplätzen in nichtlandwirtschaftlichen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299314
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Experience with endogenous rural development initiatives and the prospects for Leader+ in the region Dolina Strugu, Poland
Gramzow, Andreas - 2005
, Poland. Its aim is to analyse local development problems and chances, to investigate the potential of endogenous initiatives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299353
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Local partnership as an incubator for rural development: the case of Debrzno, North-Western Poland
Gramzow, Andreas - 2006
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the gap in economic development between rural and urban regions in Poland has … voivodship, Poland. The case study results primarily rely on open interviews conducted with inhabitants, representatives of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299361
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Regionale Migration in Abhängigkeit von Humankapital und sektoraler Struktur: Eine empirische Analyse am Beispiel von Deutschland und Polen
Kubis, Alexander - 2010
Migrationsstrom aus Osteuropa partizipiert. Gerade aus Polen, dem direkten Nachbarn und sechstgrößten Land der EU, werden starke … Poland, the direct neighbour of East Germany and the sixth-largest EU country. Even in case of German internal migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475008
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Social Capital, Tourism and Socio-Economic Transformation of Rural Society: Evidence from Nepal
Shakya, Martina - 2014
Tourism has a wide range of impacts on the economy, the natural environment and the people living in a destination. In the context of poor, rural societies, many scholars have emphasized the positive impacts of tourism on local economic growth. Concern has been voiced, however, about the social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011918496
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R&D-based growth in the post-modern era
Strulik, Holger; Prettner, Klaus; Prskawetz, Alexia - 2010
Conventional R&D-based growth theory suggests that productivity growth is positively correlated with population size or population growth, an implication which is hard to see in the data. Here we integrate micro-founded fertility and schooling into an otherwise standard R&D-based growth model....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352611
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R&D-based growth in the post-modern era
Strulik, Holger; Prettnerz, Klaus; Prskawetz, Alexia - 2010
Conventional R&D-based growth theory suggests that productivity growth is positively correlated with population size or population growth, an implication which is hard to see in the data. Here we integrate microfounded fertility and schooling into an otherwise standard R&D-based growth model. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289001
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Förderung der Entwicklung des ländlichen Raumes in Polen und Bayern
Sroka, Wojciech; Happe, Kathrin - 2009
In diesem Arbeitspapier werden das polnische Programm für die Entwicklung ländlicher Räume (PROW) und sein deutsches Gegenstück Bayerisches Zukunftsprogramm Agrarwirtschaft und Ländliche Räume (BayZAL) analysiert. Das Hauptziel der Bearbeitung ist der Vergleich der Ziele und Instrumente...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300390
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The impact of education on the subjective discount rate in Ugandan villages
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - 2009
Heterogeneity in time discounting may reinforce the existing barriers to save and invest faced by rural populations in developing countries. We elicit a subjective discount rate for a varied sample of Ugandan villagers. In accordance with other studies, we have found the discount rate to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268981
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Urban versus Rural Return to Human Capital in Portugal, A Cook-Book Recipe for Applying Assignment Models
Teulings, Coen N.; Vieira, José A.C. - 1998
The Portuguese economy has been characterised by modernisation sincethe post-war period. Lisbon and the Tagus Valley is a centre of thisprocess. Hence, this region faces a high demand for highly skilledlabour. This paper analyses rates of return on human capital in theregion of Lisbon and in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324526