OECD Rural Policy Reviews
Subtitle: Germany 2007
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD Rural Policy Reviews; OECD reviews of rural policy
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9789264013933
Subjects: Agriculture and Food; Governance; Rural and Regional Development Urban
Description: This review discusses the challenges and opportunities of German rural areas. Significant differences between East and West persist and many of these have clear rural dimensions. Factors such as CAP reforms, ageing of the German population and migration trends will also have important rural implications. Many of these issues involve more than rural policy, but rural policy has a place in resolving all of the key issues. However, for rural policy to be an effective part of the policy process it will have to evolve beyond the existing limits in Germany. This review states that Germany's current approach to rural development and rural policy is mainly sectoral and thus does not fully capture the diversity of rural regions.