Regional impacts of the EU Rural Development Programme: Poland’s food processing sector

Michalek, Jerzy; Ciaian, Pavel; Marcantonio, Federica Di

doi:10.1080/00343404.2019.1708306

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“…There is a recent body of literature attempting to answer such questions and provide empirical estimates of the impact of rural and community development interventions (see for example, Michalek et al, 2020;Bakucs et al, 2019, Castaño et al, 2019. This literature highlights the substantial challenges that exist for academic researchers and policy evaluators alike, due to the highly complex and cross-sectoral nature of rural and urban communities and the multiplicity of outcomes associated with supports.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The methodologies and difficulties encountered for community development are also relevant to rural development. However, international literature shows that empirical methodologies may be more readily applied as there is some evidence of successful implementation of counterfactual evaluation in other countries (for example, see Michalek et al, 2020 andGertler et al, 2016). Rural development is focused on improving the welfare of rural communities, but also encompasses aspects such as the improved utilisation of amenities within rural areas and the development of the rural economy.…”

Section: Rural Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Counterfactual analysis has been recommended as a means of assessing the impacts of Rural Development Programmes (RDP) in Europe over recent years, although its application has been scarce to date (Castaño et al, 2019). However, the assessment of the impact of any rural development programme is often driven by data availability, the type of the rural development measure to be analysed, the geographical coverage and the econometric approach (Michalek et al, 2020). Gertler et al (2016), EENRD (2014), European Commission (2013), Loi and Rodrigues (2012), and Khandker et al (2009), provide guidelines on counterfactual analysis to improve policy impact evaluation procedures.…”

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“…In order to estimate impacts of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) on the performance of the food processing sector in Poland, Michalek et al ( 2020) use a regional quasi-experimental estimation approach. The application of the regional approach in Michalek et al (2020) allows for the estimation of the overall regional effects of the support provided. The data used include non-treated regions, allowing for the identification of a 'control' group and the use of a binary approach.…”

Section: Rural Development Evaluation Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many of the difficulties and the methodologies for examining community development are relevant to rural development but there is some evidence that empirical based counterfactual evaluation methodologies can be more readily applied in this area (see Michalek et al, 2020 andGertler et al, 2016). In terms of rural development metrics, effective monitoring techniques are also a relevant tool for measuring impacts in this area.…”

Section: Rural Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Section: Rural Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%