RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY - A PERSPECTIVE OF LOCAL ACTORS IN SERBIA 1

Key challenge in transitional countries is effective decentralized local governance with strong capacities for dealing with new rural development programming instruments. In this article, the authors have examined the attitudes of local rural development actors (RDA) in Serbia on rural development p...

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Published inEkonomika poljoprivrede (1979) Vol. 62; no. 4; p. 1079
Main Authors Papic, Ruzica, Bogdanov, Natalija
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Belgrade Balkan Scientific Association of Agricultural Economists 01.10.2015
Subjects
Agricultural policy
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Attitudes
Behavior
Beneficiaries
Endowment
EU membership
Farms
Liberalization
Rural areas
Rural development
Theory of planned behavior
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Summary:Key challenge in transitional countries is effective decentralized local governance with strong capacities for dealing with new rural development programming instruments. In this article, the authors have examined the attitudes of local rural development actors (RDA) in Serbia on rural development policy priorities, in particular their attitudes on beneficiaries of rural development measures, policy objectives, and the most efficient strategies of rural development. They also analysed whether the respondents' attitudes differ depending on the socio-economic characteristic of surveyed regions (South and North of Serbia). Data on attitudes of RDAs were collected through direct survey with representatives of 30 rural communities, and analysed using descriptive statistics methods and Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour. Results indicate that respondents' attitudes on rural policy are conservative and oriented towards objectives related to agriculture and interests of farmers and that socio-economic characteristic of the regions contribute to distinction in attitudes of RDAs.
ISSN:0352-3462