Rural Development Policies. The European Example: A Long Journey Towards Integration and Sustainability

Andre Torre and Frédéric Wallet ()

Chapter Chapter 6 in Regional Development in Rural Areas, 2016, pp 67-86 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter is devoted to the analysis of rural development policies in Europe. The focus is on the diversity of policy instruments and public authorities, but also the plurality of objectives, supporting and promoting economic activities (including agriculture), land planning, residential attractiveness and maintaining the quality of life of populations, conservation and preservation of local resources. But the main purpose is about the evolution of the rural development policy of the European Union, its gradual structuring as part of the CAP and of regional cohesion policy, and the latest inflections with the smart development strategy. Examination of successive reforms highlights the progressive affirmation of the territorial dimension in the guidelines and the growing environmental concerns over the past decade, although the support for agricultural competitiveness remains largely dominant. A presentation is finally devoted to the present period, marked by the will to take better account of regional differences in the rural development policy and the focus on innovation processes in the context of smart specialization. The place of rural areas in the new European strategy is then discussed at length.

Keywords: Agenda 2000; Cohesion policy; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); Cross-compliance; Decentralization; European Agricultural Rural Development Fund (EARDF); European Regional Development Fund (ERDF); European Social Fund (ESF); Innovation; LEADER; Regional policy; Rural development policy; Second pillar; Smart specialization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02372-4_6

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