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The LEADER process as a European policy for local development: A comparison of the implementation in three European member states
Berriet-Solliec, Marielle; Laidin, Catherine; … - 2015
New governance structures, meant to empower local decision makers, are supported by some policies introduced by the European Commission. LEADER, from rural development policy, is among these approaches. Nevertheless, these new policies are implemented in very different multi-level governance...
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Multi-level Governance in rural development: Analysing experiences from LEADER for a Community-Led Local Development (CLLD)
Pollermann, Kim; Raue, Petra; Schnaut, Gitta - 2014
In the last funding periods there was steady increase in the number of LEADER-regions in Europe, and, at least in Germany, it is already evident that this gain will continue: for the 2014-2020 funding period there around 300 LAGs expected in comparison to 244 LAGs in the last period. For the new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427326
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Pitfalls and potential of institutional change: Rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management
Müller, Birgit; Quaas, Martin; Frank, Karin; … - 2010
Rain-index insurance is strongly advocated in many parts of the developing world to help farmers to cope with climatic risk that prevail in (semi-)arid rangelands due to low and highly uncertain rainfall. We present a modeling analysis of how the availability of rain-index insurance affects the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273623
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Mobile wholesale and retail price interplay: The somewhat contrary case of South Africa in Africa
Stork, Christoph; Gillwald, Alison - 2012
of South Africa, Namibia and Kenya where regulators have reduced termination rates towards the cost of an efficient … operator. To varying degrees these have all led to lower retail prices and a significant market expansion. While both Namibia …-to-face interviews on termination rate regulations were also held with regulators in Kenya, Namibia and South Africa. The analysis is …
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Coping Strategies in Post-War Rural Mozambique
Brück, Tilman - 2005
This paper analyses post-war coping strategies by farm households in developing countries. The analysis is based on a portfolio model of activity choices in war-affected rural Sub-Saharan Africa. A case study using farm household survey data estimates the determinants of agricultural coping...
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What Determines Firms' Decisions to Formalize? Empirical Evidence from Rural Indonesia
McCulloch, Neil; Schulze, Günther G.; Voss, Janina - 2009
In this paper we analyze the decision of small and micro firms to formalize, i.e. to obtain business and other licenses in rural Indonesia. We use the rural investment climate survey (RICS) that comprises around 2500 non-farm rural enterprises in six Indonesian districts and analyze in an IV...
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Improving on Africa's roads - Modeling infrastructure investment and its effect on subsistence agriculture
Schürenberg-Frosch, Hannah - 2010
Investment in infrastructure is considered as a crucial prerequisite for economic development. Given the scarce resources for public investment in developing countries a detailed perspective on the effects of each form of infrastructure is needed. This paper focuses on transport infrastructure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301547
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Contribution of agriculture to national economic development
Camelia Iacob, Oana; Volintiru, Ana-Maria; Marin, Aurel - 2013
At national economic level there is a fierce competitivity, experienced more and more perhaps due to the crisis. Functionality of the economy has been a challenge that many have failed to honor, but at least led us to try to. The chance to succeed was related to everyone's desire to ensure...
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The restructuring impact of the national economy of rural development
Costin, Lenuţa - 2014
The study is intended as a brief foray into the issue of economic restructuring effect of the matrix on rural development and failed to show that it is favorable to human primary role in human resource of entrepreneurial role assumed, being the main driver of competitive advantage of Romania. In...
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Improvement of natural grassland as a factor of rural development in lower Danube Region
Jovanović, Marijana; Arsić, Slavica; Pajčin, Đuro - 2014
The aim of this paper is presenting of importance of natural grasslands (meadows and pastures) in rural development of Lower Danube region. Production of efficient quantities of food for domestic animals and preservation of environment is strategically important for economic prosperity and...
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