Evaluating LEADER program support for local projects: insights from the Czech Republic and Hungary (2007–2013)
The rural areas of the European Union are very multidimensiona, they have different social and economic problems. The LEADER programme tries to reflect on these issues and help rural areas by giving locals the ability to develop their environment according to their needs. Local action groups (LAGs)...
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| author | Adél Veselicz Ondřej Konečný János Pénzes Csaba Patkós |
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| description | The rural areas of the European Union are very multidimensiona, they have different social and economic problems. The LEADER programme tries to reflect on these issues and help rural areas by giving locals the ability to develop their environment according to their needs. Local action groups (LAGs) are responsible for the distribution of funds. In the course of our research activity, we wanted to compare the distribution of resources of the Czech and Hungarian LEADER LAGs in the 2007–2013 period. We collected data from LEADER LAGs, such as the amount of LEADER funds allocated to settlements, the unemployment rate of each LAGs, per capita income, population density and the number of member settlements. Using the Gini-index, we calculated the resource distribution inequality of the LAGs and then correlation calculations were performed using the Gini-index and the other socio-economic indicators. With the aim of discovering whether the examined indicators have an effect on the distribution of resources within the LAGs. Our study shows no stronk link between the investigated indicators and the LEADER fund distribution. We concluded that, the distribution of LEADER funds among settlements can be influenced by other socio-economic factors. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8ab1612b350247c9abf3fbc829bd5f3f2025-01-27T12:05:05ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862025-12-0111110.1080/23311886.2025.2456501Evaluating LEADER program support for local projects: insights from the Czech Republic and Hungary (2007–2013)Adél Veselicz0Ondřej Konečný1János Pénzes2Csaba Patkós3Social Geography and Regional Development Planning, University of Debrecen, HungaryDepartment of Regional Development, Mendel University in Brno, Czech RepublicSocial Geography and Regional Development Planning, University of Debrecen, HungaryInstitute of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University Eger, HungaryThe rural areas of the European Union are very multidimensiona, they have different social and economic problems. The LEADER programme tries to reflect on these issues and help rural areas by giving locals the ability to develop their environment according to their needs. Local action groups (LAGs) are responsible for the distribution of funds. In the course of our research activity, we wanted to compare the distribution of resources of the Czech and Hungarian LEADER LAGs in the 2007–2013 period. We collected data from LEADER LAGs, such as the amount of LEADER funds allocated to settlements, the unemployment rate of each LAGs, per capita income, population density and the number of member settlements. Using the Gini-index, we calculated the resource distribution inequality of the LAGs and then correlation calculations were performed using the Gini-index and the other socio-economic indicators. With the aim of discovering whether the examined indicators have an effect on the distribution of resources within the LAGs. Our study shows no stronk link between the investigated indicators and the LEADER fund distribution. We concluded that, the distribution of LEADER funds among settlements can be influenced by other socio-economic factors.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2025.2456501Czech RepublicHungaryLEADERlocal projectsrural developmentspatial justice |
| spellingShingle | Adél Veselicz Ondřej Konečný János Pénzes Csaba Patkós Evaluating LEADER program support for local projects: insights from the Czech Republic and Hungary (2007–2013) Cogent Social Sciences Czech Republic Hungary LEADER local projects rural development spatial justice |
| title | Evaluating LEADER program support for local projects: insights from the Czech Republic and Hungary (2007–2013) |
| title_full | Evaluating LEADER program support for local projects: insights from the Czech Republic and Hungary (2007–2013) |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating LEADER program support for local projects: insights from the Czech Republic and Hungary (2007–2013) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating LEADER program support for local projects: insights from the Czech Republic and Hungary (2007–2013) |
| title_short | Evaluating LEADER program support for local projects: insights from the Czech Republic and Hungary (2007–2013) |
| title_sort | evaluating leader program support for local projects insights from the czech republic and hungary 2007 2013 |
| topic | Czech Republic Hungary LEADER local projects rural development spatial justice |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2025.2456501 |
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