This paper discusses the Brazilian rural development model in the context of Green Economy and the debate about sustainable development, issues that have been discussed in international sphere. In this way, conceptions and new concepts have been defined which clarify the ideas and mechanisms...

Rural areas still play a major role within the EU, as Europe is still a fairly rural continent. Moreover, EU rural areas are going through greater challenges and major transformations. After the Eastern enlargements of the EU (in 2004 and 2007), they are getting more and more heterogeneous, in...

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...

The present work discusses possible methodological approaches for the assessment of employment effects of rural development measures. A special focus is on measures of the so called integrated rural development. Methods that are considered non-appropriate are considered nevertheless. Therefore,...