The strongly weakened rural territories encounter significant problems of development. Neither the market nor the public authorities seem able to bring suitable solutions. In this context, a better integration of social organizations in these territories appears desirable. But so that such an...

Ce rapport vise à fonder et mesurer la notion de surcoût dans les DOM qui, comme le rappelle le cahier des charges, "constitue une caractéristique reconnue au plan juridique pour les activités exercées dans les régions ultra périphériques à laquelle il apparaît désormais nécessaire...

- The paper deals with maritime transport systems between the European islands and the continental mainland according to the concepts of Short Sea Shipping, SSS, and Sea Motorways, SM, in Europe. - It is pointed out that the European Commission explicitly took these connections into...