A vidékfejlesztési támogatások területi eltérései Románia és Magyarország összevetésében
Regional Differences in Rural Development Support in Romania and Hungary

Summary/Abstract: Resources for convergence and sustainable development provided the rural areas of Central and Eastern European countries with an opportunity for development, and the regions that have utilized these resources have achieved and may achieve significant results both in terms of economic development and livability. At the beginning of the 2007-2013 period, application activity was lower and draw-downs were less effective, especially in Romania, but there was an improvement at the end of the period. The research involved a comparative study of the regional distribution and non-uniformity of the use of the aid from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in these countries, attempting to describe and explain the underlying reasons. Neither Romania nor Hungary used the total amount of the available EU rural development resources. The recently started debate over the possibilities of regionalization changes posed a further obstacle for Romania. The indicators examined were: contracted amount of aid per agricultural holding, per person employed, per rural inhabitant, per inhabitant, per one hectare of agricultural land and per person unemployed. As regards the indicators examined, the Hungarian counties had better results in every respect. There was a significant, positive connection between the GDP of the particular counties and the amount of aid approved in both countries, which implies that aids are more likely to be paid out to more developed regions, thus the aim of promoting convergence is not achieved.

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