OECD Rural Policy Reviews Innovation and Modernising the Rural Economy

This publication is a result of the discussions from the OECD 8th Rural Development Policy Conference: "e;Innovation and modernising the rural economy"e; which took place in Krasnoyarsk, Russia on 3-5 October 2012. Itprovides an overview of the two themes of modernisation and innovation, focusingon identifying the attributes of the modern rural economy and showing how it differs from the tradition...