Who Decides and Who Invests? The Role of the Public, Private and Third Sectors in Rural Development according to Geographical Contexts: The LEADER Approach in Andalusia, 2007–2015
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Neo-endogenous rural development Classification and types of rural areas Local action groups Decision-making Strategic planning Andalusia
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2022-03-24Referencia bibliográfica
Cejudo-García, E.; Navarro-Valverde, F.; Cañete-Pérez, J.A. Who Decides and Who Invests? The Role of the Public, Private and Third Sectors in Rural Development according to Geographical Contexts: The LEADER Approach in Andalusia, 2007–2015. Sustainability 2022, 14, 3853. [https://doi.org/10.3390/su14073853]
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Spanish Government CSO2017-89657-P; Andalusian Regional Government PRY112/19; European Commission 598839-EPP-1-2018-1-IT-EPPKA2-CBHE-JPResumen
In general, the LEADER programme has had a positive impact, although it has also negative
aspects. In this paper, we analyse the role of the three main stakeholders (public sector, private sector
and third sector) within the LEADER local action groups (LAGs) in the decision-making process and
final execution of the projects, to discover whether there is any relation between those taking the
decisions and those carrying out the projects, according to the degree of rurality of the different areas.
Our primary source was the files for all the successfully implemented LEADER projects in Andalusia
between 2007 and 2015. Relevant findings are: although the public sector plays a leading role in the
LAGs and in the decision-making process, most of the projects, as measured by total investment, are
carried out by the private sector; the degree of rurality is an important factor, in that private sector
investors tend to invest in peri-urban spaces, while public bodies, and especially local councils, invest
in remote rural areas. The LAGs play a strategic role, in terms of making up for the almost negligible
input from the third sector.