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Rural development in the EU

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This article analyses the evolution of European rural regional economies and the Community's public regional policies, with a view to drawing lessons for other areas of the world, especially Latin America. After presenting relative size data for the EU regions based on population, territory, employment and income, the article analyses the key economic and social trends in these areas, together with the underlying explanatory factors. The main conclusion is that the economic development of the rural regions of the EU is much more due to the overall national economic development issues, than to rural development policies. Therefore, the way to achieve rural development is by means of a good overall economic development policy, and national policies are more determining than EU-wide policies in the overall economic development of the EU member states. The article finishes with a summary of the lessons to be learnt from EU rural development policy, which suggest the need for radical change policy change based on a reduction in the agricultural component coupled with an increase in the territorial and environmental components. Desarrollo rural en la UE Resumen Este artículo analiza la evolución de la economía regional rural europea y las políticas regionales públicas comunitarias, con el fin de aportar lecciones a otras áreas del mundo, especialmente Latinoamérica. Después de presentar datos relativos al tamaño de población, territorio, empleo e ingresos de las regiones europeas, el artículo analiza las tendencias clave económicas y sociales de estas áreas, junto con los factores explicativos. La principal conclusión es que el desarrollo económico de las regiones rurales de la UE es mayor debido en mayor medida a el desarrollo económico nacional que a las políticas de desarrollo rural. Además, la vía para conseguir desarrollo rural es a través de buenas políticas de desarrollo económico generales. El artículo finaliza con un resume de los aspectos a aprender de la política de desarrollo rural de la UE, sugiriendo la necesidad de un cambio radical de esta basándose en la reducción del componente agrícola unido a un incremento de los componentes territoriales y ambientales. Palabras clave: economía de las áreas de desarrollo rural, desarrollo económico general y política de desarrollo rural en EU.

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  • Buckwell, Allan, 2006. "Rural development in the EU," Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales, Spanish Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 6(12), pages 1-28.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:earnsa:7988
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.7988
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