Three main issues are increasingly characterising Rural Areas in developed countries: aging population, difficulties in accessing services, and gender inequalities in entering the labour market. Although aging can be considered a general trend in Italy, in certain areas it has become a chronic...

Anderson and Feder analyze the considerations that lead policymakers to undertake extension investments as a key public responsibility, as well as the complex set of factors and intra-agency incentives that explain why different extension systems' performance vary. The authors provide a...

The authors analyze the considerations that lead policymakers to undertake extension investments as a key public responsibility, as well as the complex set of factors and intra-agency incentives that explain why different extension systems' performance vary. The authors provide a conceptual...