Funded “Networking” has steadily gained importance among European Union (EU) rural policies instrumentation: Since 1991, with LEADER the formation of regional public-private partnerships and EU-wide information exchange has been supported. Later also inter-territorial cooperation was funded....

The main objective of the present study is to estimate the extent to which the RDP investment support has a complementary or a substitutionary effect on farm investments. In order to answer this question, we attempt to quantify the potential deadweight loss by estimating the extent to which the...

This report focuses on the governance of rural policies in two Italian regions: Apulia and Sardinia, located in the Mezzogiorno. The analysis highlights the administrative organisation of rural policies and the tools the regions put in place to coordinate and integrate the different policies....

This chapter is the final one (no. 12) in the report.

Los programas de desarrollo rural del actual periodo de programacion (2007-13) se han estructurado en 4 eyes. El eje 2 correspondiente a la Mejora del medio ambiente y del entorno rural es, con casi la mitad de los recursos publicos, el principal. El objectivo de este articulo es estudiar los...

Los programas de desarrollo rural del actual periodo de programacion (2007-13) se han estructurado en 4 eyes. El eje 2 correspondiente a la Mejora del medio ambiente y del entorno rural es, con casi la mitad de los recursos publicos, el principal. El objectivo de este articulo es estudiar los...