The 2007-13 EU rural development framework is expected to reinforce endogenous development forces in European mountainous zones, mainly in peripheral rural areas, by strengthening a number of measures of the 1999 Regulation. This paper attempts to examine the prospects of the second pillar's...

The Northwest and the Southeast of Styria differ greatly in their economic structure. Over the past ten years economic policy has concentrated on renewing the economic potential in Upper Styria; now the focus is shifting back to the border region. The Styrian government has commissioned WIFO to...