A vidékfejlesztési programok hatáselemzésének problémái a nemzetközi tapasztalatok tükrében
Impact Assessment of Rural Development Programs: an International Perspective

Summary/Abstract: In this study we focus on the theoretical and empirical questions related to rural development programs’ impact assessment. The EU’ support policy is gradually, but continuously shifting from production subsidies towards second pillar support programs. Similarly, rural development programs are increasing in complexity, with more and more policy measures included in a program, interacting with each other to result the desired or un-desired impact. Thus, the necessity of pre-, mid-term, and ex post impact assessment raised. A large number of impact assessment methods were developed in the past decades. In this paper we present and discuss the impact assessment procedures, paying special attention to methods based on partial and complex indicators. We conclude, that complex indicators result in better and more accurate understanding of rural development program impacts.

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