Small and medium-size businesses, despite their significant contribution to agricultural production in Ukraine, do have limited access to financing. Existing public support mechanisms (interest rate subsidies, leasing programs) do not solve the problem of these categories of enterprises access...

Although small agricultural goods producers such as farms and households in countryside make weighty contribution to agricultural production in Ukraine, they have limited access to crediting. Credit cooperative institutions are optimal institutional type for rural microcrediting. The existing...

The role of repayable sources in financing local governments’ expenditure in rural areas in Poland was examined. The analyses showed that during years 2005-2009 the expenditure of local governments in rural areas was rising. An especially high increase was observed in 2009. The shares of the...

This article considers the international competitiveness of agricultural production in Poland. Competitiveness was measured in terms of domestic resource cost (DRC) ratios for three farm sizes and eight commodities. The results highlight that for the period 1996 to 1998 Polish crop production...