This report examines the choices made by EU Member States in preparing their Rural Development Programmes for the 2015-2020 period. It finds much continuity compared to the previous period but some notable changes, including more funding for knowledge and co-operation and greater focus upon the...

The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the European Union (EU) budget dedicated to rural development since 1993. Primarily, the funding of the rural development policy (RDP), originally through the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and afterwards through the...

In this paper, a binary logistic model was used to analyse the determinants of youth participation in agriculture in the Nkonkobe Municipality in South Africa. A total of 140 youth were purposively selected for the study to complete a survey. The results show that the variables; youth...

Horizontal inequality by ethnic group has remained remarkably persistent for wealth, education, and access to certain services in Nigeria. While significant gains in the reduction of inequality and improvement in access have been made for more locally administered services, outcomes are stickier...

El Manual Territorio e igualdad: Planificación del desarrollo con perspectiva de género ha sido elaborado en colaboración entre el Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES) y la División de Género de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y...

We can say that one of the main problems of the Romanian rural area is the high levels of poverty recorded among people in rural areas, where the main activity is agriculture of subsistence and semi-subsistence. Another problem is the state of infrastructure in the area, lack of utilities...