TY - JOUR AU - Joanna Rakowska PY - 2015/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Rural Development Programmes 2007-2013 as a Tool of Place-Based Policy JF - Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development JA - jard VL - 38 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.17306/JARD.2015.86 UR - http://www1.up.poznan.pl/jard/index.php/jard/article/view/456 AB - The Regulation (EC) No 1698/200 obliged the EU countries to determine the geographical area and define rural areas covered by each RDP 2007-2013. In the context of the concept of place-based policies that requirement is equivalent to setting target areas and could give RDPs place-based character. The study was carried out on the basis of qualitative data from secondary sources, i.e. 43 RDP implemented in 27 member states. Findings show that all the analysed RDPs covered all the country or region for which they were developed, and rural areas were defined mainly as a whole, usually through criteria that reflect their basic demographic characteristics. Only two countries applied a selective method reflecting internal differentiation of rural areas and consequently their diff erent needs and development objectives. Only these methods and RDPs can be regarded as a real tool of place-based policy, others only meet the formal criteria. ER -