Agricultural and Rural Development Policies in the Baltic Countries (Emerging Economies Transition)

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. Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Opening Statement By Tiit Tammsaar, Minister Of Agriculture, Estonia -- Opening Statement By Ken Ash, Oecd -- Session 1. An Overview Of The Agriculture And Rural Income Situation And Trends In The Composition Of Income In Western Europe And The Baltic States -- -a Conceptual Framework For Estimating Agricultural Household Incomes In Eu Countries By Berkeley Hill -- Farm Household Income Situation In Oecd Countries: Policy Implications By Catherine Moreddu -- Overview Of The Agricultural And Rural Income Situation And Trends In The Composition Of Income In Estonia By Jaanika Udras And Marju Aamisepp -- Trends In Agricultural And Rural Incomes In Latvia By Valda Bratka, Ginta Uxulina, Aija Vucane And Ritvars Zapereckis -- Income And Income Dynamics Of The Lithuanian Rural Population And Farmers Between 1996 And 2001 By Grazina Jalinskiene And Donatas Stanikunas -- Discussant Paper By Antero Tuominen -- Discussant Paper By Siemen Van Berkum --^ Session 2. Developments Int He Labour Market And Factors Affecting Labour Mobility In Rural Areas -- -a Framework For Analysing Labour Mobility In Agriculture And Rural Areas Of Transition Countries By Johan Swinnen And Liesbeth Dries -- Factors That Influence Labour Mobility Between Regions And Countries By Marek Gora -- Developments In The Labour Market And Labour Mobiltiy: The Case Of Estonia By Kaili Jarv -- Labour Market Development In Rural Areas Of Latvia By Ginta Usulina And Aija Vucane -- Recent Changes In The Rural Labour Market And Solutions For Integrating Unemployed Into Employment In Lithuania By Martynas Storasta -- Discussant Paper By Waldemar Guba -- Discussant Paper By Tomas Ratinger -- Session 3. Rural And Regional Development Policies -- -developing An Integrated Policy For Rural And Regional Areas In The Baltic Countries By Helena Johansson And Ewa Rabinowicz -- Strategies For Local Development In Rural Areas By Joseph Mannion, Monica Gorman, And James Kinsella --^ Rurala Nd Regional Development Policy In Lithuania By Riin Saluveer -- Rural And Regional Development In Latvia By Maija Dreimane, Ginta Uzulina, Ieva Simane, Janis Jurgis, And Ritvars Zapereckis -- Lithuanian Rural And Regional Development By Donatas Stanikunas, Raimundas Duzinskas, And Erika Ribasauskiene -- Discussant Paper By Hugh Laxton -- Discussant Paper By Fritz Rembold -- Overall Conclusions And Implications -- -summary, Conclusions, And Policy Implications By Carina Lindberg -- Annex -- Agenda -- List Of Participants Includes Bibliographical References. Also Available Online. Preliminaries......Page 1 Foreward......Page 4 Acknowledgements......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Executive Summary......Page 8 Opening Statments......Page 12 A Conceptual framework for estimating agricultural household incomes in EU contries......Page 18 Farm household income situation in OECD countries......Page 38 Overview of the agricultural and rural income situation and trends in the composition of income in Estonia......Page 54 Trends in agricultural and rural incomes in Latvia......Page 71 Income and income dynamics of the Lithuanian rural population and farmers between 1996-2001......Page 82 A framework for analysing labour mobility in agriculture and rural area of transition countries......Page 116 Factor that influence labour mobility between regions and countries......Page 135 Developments in the labour market and labour mobility......Page 143 Labour market developments in rural areas of Latvia......Page 152 Recent Changes in rural labour market and solutions for intergrating unemplyed into emplyment in Lithuania......Page 172 Developing an integrated policy for rural and regional areas in the Baltic countries......Page 194 Strategies for local development in rurual areas......Page 210 Rural and regional development policy in Estonia......Page 224 Rural and reginal developemtn in Lativa......Page 241 Lithuanian rural and regional developement......Page 258 Summary......Page 280 Annex......Page 286 Low incomes and high unemployment in rural areas are issues of concern to policy makers in all countries. With the ongoing structural adjustment in primary agriculture employment opportunities are diminishing, while off-farm employment in rural areas is growing, albeit gradually