Rural Space Governance in Extremadura (SW Spain). Analysis of the Leader Approach

Alonso Gema Cárdenas () and Masot Ana Nieto ()
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Alonso Gema Cárdenas: University of Extremadura Badajoz.
Masot Ana Nieto: University of Extremadura Badajoz.

European Countryside, 2020, vol. 12, issue 4, 448-468

Abstract: The LAGs (Local Action Groups) are in charge of designing the development strategy under the LEADER Approach for their areas of action, as well as managing European aid for Rural Development in order to promote new economic activities with which generate progress and alleviate the demographic and socioeconomic problems of its most depressed municipalities. Thus, in this paper the qualitative analysis of LEADER in Extremadura (SW Spain) in the 2007–2013 programming period is presented through the results of a questionnaire to the technical staffs of the 24 LAGs in order to complement the various previous quantitative studies and to know the opinion of essential actors in the rural development processes. During the 2007–2013 period (with the EAFRD as European Fund to finance rural development aids) LAGs have faced great bureaucratic and administrative burdens, which adds to the difficult economic situation experienced in recent years. This has hindered the true labor of these partnerships, that is, to revitalize their territories of action in order to create socioeconomic and, consequently, demographic development.

Keywords: Governance; LEADER influence; LEADER management; Rural areas; Rural Development Program; Local Action Group (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/euco-2020-0024

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