 An Empirical Evaluation of EU and National Structural Policies in Remote Rural Areas: The Case of EvrytaniaDemetrios Psaltopoulos and Sophia Efstratoglou Agricultural Economics Review, 2000, vol. 01, issue 01, 12 Abstract: This paper presents an empirical investigation into the effects of European Union structural policy funding in the poor, remote, rural area of Evrytania in Greece. First, the socio-economic profile of the area is presented, followed by a detailed description of structural policy intervention in the study area during 1989-93 period (first Community Support Framework). Subsequently, a regional Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is used to portray the structural characteristics of the local economy, followed by the estimation of the economic impacts of policy expenditures during the first period of structural funding after the 1988 reforms. Results indicate that the local economy is characterised by a low level of development, lack of integration and generally traditional structures. Moreover, the economic impacts of structural policy expenditure were found to be very significant, especially in terms of employment and firm income generation, representing thus, a valuable effort for the promotion of the area's development. Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:aergaa:26415 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Agricultural Economics Review from Greek Association of Agricultural Economists Contact information at EDIRC. |
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