The Changing Face of Rural Space: Agriculture and Rural Development in the Western BalkansWorld Bank Publications | May 4, 2009 | English | ISBN: 0821379313 | 180 pages | PDF | 5.81 MB
by Julian Lampietti (Author), David G. Lugg (Author), Philip Van Der Celen (Author), Amelia Branczik (Author)
Although at different stages of development, the countries of the Western Balkans Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia face similar challenges in transforming and modernizing their agri-food sectors. Their rural sectors have lagged behind the rest of the economy in growth and poverty reduction, their agri-food sector is undercapitalized and highly fragmented, and their agro-processing capacities are limited.