As part of the International Investigation project Rural Development and the Social Economy in South American countries, Spain and Portugal, a study has been carried out by the Catholic University of Ávila in Spain regarding Rural Development and the Social Economy in the State of Mérida in...

In most of social research surveys, households form a focal point of data collection and as such are a major source of socio-demographic data. Household surveys provide a cheaper alternative to full scale enumeration for timely data and are more relevant in understanding of the social and...

The main aim of this paper is to prove that rural tourism can be an essential means of bringing about the development of regions where there is a significant socio-economic imbalance. In Spain, there are still many rural areas with low levels of income and productivity. Production in these areas...