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Neoendogenous Development in European Rural Areas pp 87–109Cite as

Territorial Distribution of Projects Within the LEADER Approach (2007–2013) in Extremadura and Andalusia

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The LEADER initiative has had an undeniable impact on shaping rural development policies across broad areas of Spain. Ever since its launch in 1991, it has been one of the most successful pillars of development intervention in rural areas, especially in more deprived parts of the country such as Andalusia and Extremadura. In this chapter we make a comparative analysis of the programme’s impact over the period 2007–2013, and analyse the levels of investment and of public funding in the different projects and measures. We also assess their spatial distribution in order to draw conclusions as regards the effects of LEADER on each region.

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    The PRODER programme was a rural development programme designed and implemented in Spain, co-financed by the European Union and implemented in Objective I rural areas that were not beneficiaries of the LEADER II programme. The programme ran initially from 1996 to 1999, and was then extended over the period 2000–2006.

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    José Antonio Cañete & Eugenio Cejudo

  2. Department of Art and Territory Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

    Ana Nieto & Gema Cárdenas

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Cañete, J.A., Nieto, A., Cejudo, E., Cárdenas, G. (2020). Territorial Distribution of Projects Within the LEADER Approach (2007–2013) in Extremadura and Andalusia. In: Cejudo, E., Navarro, F. (eds) Neoendogenous Development in European Rural Areas. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33463-5_5

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