Author: George DaugavietisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The Social and Economic Transformation of the Rural Latvian Landscape
Author: George DaugavietisLatvia's Transition to a Market Economy
Author: M. NissinenPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230372554
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
The postcommunist transitions to a market economy raised doubts about the political sustainability of an economic reform under democracy. At the same time, they turned the attention to the centrality of political factors in economic policy-making. Latvia has succeeded in proceeding into the consolidation phase of its market reforms while remaining committed to both political pluralism and macroeconomic austerity. Even if politics were not treated as a mere constraint, the basic question is still: how are the government's adjustment choices modified in the political process?
Economic Data from Latvian Farms
Author: Otto SjelmoEconomic Development of Latvia
Author: Latvia. Ekonomikas ministrijaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latvia
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Reflecting Transformation in Post-socialist Rural Areas
Author: Maarit HeinonenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The rural reforms in many post-soviet countries produced a number of unintended consequences. The reforms were guided by ideals of romanticized society of family farmers; they were to be the basis of the rural middle-class, together with owners of non-agricultural SMEâ (TM)s, acting as guardians of democracy and common good. The guidelines were set by advisers from World Bank and IMF, who preferred family farms or individual farms over the collective enterprises. In most countries the result was nothing like those envisaged by reformers. Instead of efficient and productive family farms, the result was almost complete de-capitalization of agriculture and collapse of production. The reform was destructive not only as far as production is concerned, but more importantly to rural communities. Social ties, which were based on the collective farm as the main economic and social resource for local community, were eroded. Only from the turn of this decade some early stages have been visible of new developments in economic and social life in post-socialist rural areas. The result is that now, more than fifteen years since the beginning of agricultural reforms, the key agricultural producers in Russia, Baltic countries and elsewhere are very large capitalist farms or large agricultural holding companies. This anthology is based on the presentations given at the 5th Aleksanteri Conference 10 â " 11 November 2005 in Helsinki, Finland, and it is devoted to the analysis of some of these issues. The volume is divided into two parts, in the first part the focus is on the patterns and problems of transformation of post-socialist agriculture and agricultural policies while the second part is focuses mainly on efforts to revitalize rural communities and issues of local development.
Socio-Economic Differences in Rural and Urban Areas in Latvia
Author: Zane BulderbergaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
The one of most common tendencies in world now days is urbanization, as a result of which the economic structure of territories changes - both human and financial resources are moved, and human lifestyles and the perception of life become more diversified. One of the main goals set by the European Union (EU) is to balance the development of urban and rural areas by promoting their mutual functional linkages and partnerships based on concept that urban and rural areas are mutually interconnected and depend on each other. To evaluate rural and urban areas the administrative division approach will be used - the territory in Latvia is subdivided into 118 municipalities - both urban and rural. The values of social indicators in 2009 are better in rural municipalities, but higher values of economic indicators are observed for the urban municipalities, indicating the impact of the large urban areas. Over past six years all socio-economic indicators have improved both in urban and rural areas, but there are still significant differences between them.The significance of interaction between urban and rural areas is emphasised in planning documents of all levels in Latvia. The directions of development that have to be perfected are: mobility possibilities for residents, promoting the flows of labour and knowledge both to urban and rural areas, increasing the flow of capital to rural areas to diversify their economy, and supplying quality and unique tourism services in rural areas.
Latvia
Author: Artis PabriksPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415267304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This book comprehensively surveys Latvia's recent past and prospects for the future, placing modern events in historical perspective. The authors address the country's evolution from the movement against the Soviet state to contemporary politics.
European Rural Landscapes
Author: Hannes PalangPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402020674
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
This book, a compendium of 28 papers selected from two recent conferences on the topic, focuses on aspects of rural landscape, broadly related to issues of language, representation and power. These are issues that have not been addressed on a pan-European landscape level before.The aim is to offer a deeper interdisciplinary understanding of historical and contemporary processes in European landscapes.
Koht ja paik
Author: Tourism and Socio-Economic Transformation of Rural Areas
Author: Joanna KosmaczewskaPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000377431
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This book aims to fill a gap in the current literature by tracing the rural transformation process and the development of rural tourism functions in Poland over the last 30 years. It examines the socioeconomic transformation between 1989 and 2019 that resulted in the formation and development of Polish rural tourism and the various practices associated with it. This timely topic is addressed in a central and eastern European context and sparks interest in further in-depth analysis due the diversity and magnitude of the transformation processes undertaken by the Polish rural areas. Since Polish rural areas constitute as much as 30% of the total rural areas in all new European Union member states, this book adds value through an in-depth statistical analysis of the pace of socioeconomic changes in Polish rural areas. It delves into the creation and consumption of tourism services locally, as well as the impact of global trends on the development of rural tourism in Poland. This book will be of interest to economists, sociologists, political scientists and postgraduate students across eastern and central Europe who deal with rural tourism issues.