ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS IN EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES IN 2000-2012 Cover Image

ROZWÓJ EKONOMICZNY OBSZARÓW WIEJSKICH W KRAJACH UNII EUROPEJSKIEJ W LATACH 2000-2012
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS IN EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES IN 2000-2012

Author(s): Tomasz Siudek, Mariana Vashchyk
Subject(s): Agriculture
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: Agrotourism; Rural areas; EntrepreneurshipMulti-dimensional analysis; Social and economic conditions; Regional development; Rural development; Economic development; Factor analysis

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the analysis of some certain aspects of economic development of rural areas in EU Member States during 2000-2012 and aims to define its main tendencies. The synthetic indicator, constructed on the basis of the primary variables, such as GDP per capita, cereal yield, livestock production index and agriculture value added per worker, has been used to evaluate rural economic development. While creating a synthetic indicator, factor analysis has been employed. The research covered all the countries of the EU. The results indicated that among them the highest level of rural economic development in terms of applied indicators occurred in Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Slovenia, France and Malta, and the lowest - by Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic.

  • Issue Year: 13/2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 95-104
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English