The impact of LEADER Programme on entrepreneurship and employment in the context of multifunctionality of rural areas. A case study of UE peripheral region (Lublin voivodeship, Poland)

Danuta Guzal-Dec and Magdalena Zwolińska-Ligaj

No 249763, 160th Seminar, December 1-2, 2016, Warsaw, Poland from European Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: The aim of the study is to describe the role of the LEADER program in creating entrepreneurship and employment in the Lublin voivodship. In order to achieve this, the following hypothesis was used: local action groups (LAG) operating in rural areas of the Lublin Region contribute to the creation of social activity, but create insufficient jobs and entrepreneurial incentives. The study used document analysis and diagnostic surveys with an interview questionnaire addressed to representatives of the offices of all 22 LAGs from the studied region. The results revealed the small scale of projects aimed at the development of non-agricultural functions in rural areas, and an insufficient involvement in the implementation of projects in the bio-economy sector, which is the key smart specialization of the region. We conclude that the examined LAGs’ overall role in creating jobs should be assessed as average, but that they create an important local platform focused on stimulating social activity.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.249763

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