OECD Rural Policy Reviews
Subtitle: Spain 2009
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD Rural Policy Reviews; OECD reviews of rural policy
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9789264060074
Subjects: Governance; Rural and Regional Development Urban
Description: The radical transformation that Spanish rural areas have experienced in the past few decades suggest, as it has occurred in many OECD countries, a new approach to rural policy. Spain has recently undertaken a major reform of its rural policies, including the merger of the Ministry of Agriculture with the Ministry of the Environment and the recently approved Law on Sustainable Development of Rural Areas.  This new framework creates a multi-sectoral and place-based "rural policy of state", making Spain better equipped to address the challenges and opportunities of rural areas. This report – undertaken at the same time as the reforms were being implemented – will interest both policy makers engaged in similar reform processes and others working on issues such the "political economy" of reforms, rural tourism, renewable energies, rural clusters, development of peri-urban areas and public service delivery in remote rural areas.
Table of contents: title: Cover and Table of Contents; title: Assessment and Recommendations; title: Profile of Rural Spain; title: Rural Policy in Spain; title: Towards a New Stage in Spain's Rural Policy; title: Évaluation et recommandations.