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Integrated rural development - The concept and its operation
Nemes, Gusztav - 2005
Our paper explores, on a theoretical level, the reason for frequent failures of rural development policies and identifies some potential improvements in rural policy making in Europe. Our approach to des/integration concerns actors, resources, institutions, knowledge, the fundamental logic of...
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Post-school education in shrinking rural regions: Experiences and solutions from Scotland and Sweden
Tent, Nathalie; Syssner, Josefina; Mose, Ingo; Rennie, Frank - In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung / Spatial Research and … 82 (2024) 2, pp. 160-174
-school educational opportunities in Scotland and Sweden that have been able to establish themselves in a rural setting affected by …
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Migration and Globalization: Challenges and Perspectives for the Research Infrastructure
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011934319
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Migration and globalization: challenges and perspectives for the research infrastructure
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269198
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Warum wir ein nationales Datenkompetenzzentrum / Kompetenzzentrum für Data Literacy brauchen
Hölscher, Michael; Hofacker, Angelina; Münstermann, Dirk - In: WISTA - Wirtschaft und Statistik 74 (2022) 4, pp. 73-78
Das Bewusstsein um die Relevanz von Datenkompetenzen (Data Literacy) ist für die Zukunftsfähigkeit einer Gesellschaft mittlerweile an vielen Stellen vorhanden. Doch besteht derzeit nur unzureichend Transparenz im Hinblick auf die zahlreichen Projekte, Initiativen und Angebote zur Förderung...
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The political economy of rural development in China: reflections on current rural policy
Christiansen, Flemming; Zhang, Heather Xiaoquan - 2009
The paper examines some of the main political economy dynamics of the policy initiatives on rural development that have been taken since 2003, and provides an overview of the main issues that they are addressing. The paper first outlines the major agrarian problems that have emerged over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302287
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Social mobility: Is there a benefit of being English in Scotland?
Ham, Maarten Van; Findlay, Allan; Manley, David; … - 2010
A number of powerful forces have produced uneven opportunities for occupational advancement in Scotland. Edinburgh as … social and occupational mobility. One would certainly anticipate that this is true compared with the urban areas in Scotland …, migration, ethnicity, country of birth and place of residence in Scotland. We do this using longitudinal census data linking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011332383
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Living in deprived neighbourhoods in Scotland. Occupational mobility and neighbourhood effects.
Manley, David; Van Ham, Maarten - 2010
The idea that living in a deprived neighbourhood negatively affects the occupational mobility of residents has been embraced enthusiastically by many policy makers and academics. As a result, area based initiatives are now widely used to improve an individual's life course through the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011332544
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Regional Impact Analyses and the Appropriate Treatment of public budget constraints under devolution: An application to Scottish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
Hermannsson, Kristinn; Lisenkova, Katerina; McGregor, … - 2010
between HEIs and other activities using a modified HEI-disaggregated input-output model of Scotland. The results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011332751
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Can an Ageing Scotland Afford Independence?
Lisenkova, Katerina; Mérette, Marcel - 2014
of the arguments that have been raised during the debate is that Scotland is in a worse demographic situation than RUK …-regional OLG-CGE model for Scotland, the rest of the UK (RUK) and the rest of the World (ROW). The model is used to evaluate the … two scenarios: the status quo and the independence scenarios. The status quo scenario assumes that Scotland stays part of …
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