Perfil y características de los beneficiarios finales de los Programas de Desarrollo Rural en Andalucía. LEADER+ y PRODER2 (2000-2006)

Abstract

The involvement and the benefit of existing disadvantaged groups in rural areas in the LEADER approach and development programmes (RDP), is a priority and necessity. In this paper we study who were the final beneficiaries of the RDP, and within them, if those one have been sufficiently taken into consideration. It is analyzed, on the one hand, the quantitative information of the actions for the programming period 2000-2006 to the 52 Local Action Groups (LAG) existing in Andalusia, and secondly, to deep in further, it has been asked to LAG managers about the profile of the beneficiaries and the problems identified in the application. The results reveal that there was a negative discrimination, in practice, to disadvantaged groups and rural areas. It becomes necessary, therefore, a change of direction and a refocusing on those one.