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Smart Villages and Investments to Public Services and ICT Infrastructure: Case of the Czech Rural Development Program 2007–2013

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  • Pělucha Martin

    (University of Economics, Prague, Czechia)

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The basis for SMART VILLAGE development is a high-quality infrastructure for civilian equipment and services, including the coverage of rural villages by high-speed Internet. The aim of the article is to evaluate the support and impacts of these activities through the Czech Rural Development Program in the period 2007–2013 and, according to the ex-post evaluation, to further identify policy-implications. The results of the analysis show a clear positive impact of the support of the service infrastructure on the development of supported municipalities, on the contrary, the results of supporting the connection of the rural population to the Internet are patchy.

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  • Pělucha Martin, 2019. "Smart Villages and Investments to Public Services and ICT Infrastructure: Case of the Czech Rural Development Program 2007–2013," European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 11(4), pages 584-598, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:eurcou:v:11:y:2019:i:4:p:584-598:n:6
    DOI: 10.2478/euco-2019-0032
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