"This is the first ADR assessment of UNDP's contribution to Armenia, and it covers the period 2005-2013 ... The collapse of the Soviet Union led to profound economic and societal changes in Armenia. Since the country's independence in 1991, UNDP's programme in Armenia has been closely aligned...

This study was designed to find out statistically, if and to what extent graduates of a university perceive planning to develop themselves and their careers as relevant to the development of their professional careers or their career advancement. The data for the study was collated from 78 out...

The Gandhian idea of governance and development at the community level is a people-centered approach that combines a number of activities to ensure people (rural people) access to relevant information so that they shall collaborate and participate in development. Through information and...

The article contains an overview of rural areas' functions according to different criteria and an analysis of changes of these functions in the context of rural areas' development. Declining role of agriculture with the growing role of other economic functions in these areas is accompanied by...

The purpose of this paper will be to address and synthesize various components of a feedback cycle/order of operations with the above shape graph as a relation point in referencing different manuscript author's findings to be a common direction of travel. Two author's manuscripts reference six...

The local public administration is one of the key social actors in the sustainable development and transformation of the community, assuming its constant adaptation to new conditions at the economic, political and social level. The present paper aims to analysis the connections between the...

The main objectives of the report are to monitor and evaluate the current agricultural policy instruments in the Western Balkan (WB) countries and to compare them with the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The report covers three main aspects in relation to its aims and objectives: 1. It...

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...