Agricultural and Rural Development Policies in the Baltic Countries [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2003.
This conference proceedings examines problems of low incomes and high unemployment in rural areas of the Baltic countries.  It compares the situation of the Baltic States with that in Western Europe, examines developments in Baltic labour markets and factors affecting labour mobility, and looks at strategies for rural and regional development.
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Preliminaries; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Executive Summary; Opening Statements; A Conceptual framework for estimating agricultural household incomes in EU countries; Farm household income situation in OECD countries; Overview of the agricultural and rural income situation and trends in the composition of income in Estonia; Trends in agricultural and rural incomes in Latvia; Income and income dynamics of the Lithuanian rural population and farmers between 1996-2001; A framework for analysing labour mobility in agriculture and rural area of transition countries
Factor that influence labour mobility between regions and countries Developments in the labour market and labour mobility; Labour market developments in rural areas of Latvia; Recent Changes in rural labour market and solutions for integrating unemployed into employment in Lithuania; Developing an integrated policy for rural and regional areas in the Baltic countries; Strategies for local development in rural areas; Rural and regional development  policy in Estonia; Rural and regional developments in Latvia; Lithuanian rural and regional development; Summary; Annex
Includes bibliographical references.
This conference proceedings examines problems of low incomes and high unemployment in rural areas of the Baltic countries.  It compares the situation of the Baltic States with that in Western Europe, examines developments in Baltic labour markets and factors affecting labour mobility, and looks at strategies for rural and regional development.
Agriculture and state
Rural development
Farm income
Labor market