Determinante siromaštva i nezaposlenosti u ruralnim područjima Srbije

Abstract

This paper presents the determinants of poverty and unemployment in rural areas of Serbia. The work includes a number of indicators that can present status and trends of two tendencies analyzed phenomenon, poverty and unemployment. Attention is primarily paid to rural areas, which have for many years been disregarded and stood in the shade of cities and urbanization, which are increasingly gaining importance in the context of integrated rural and sustainable development. All countries in the world, whether developed or not developed, fighting against poverty. Today, poverty is considered a multi-dimensional phenomenon that in addition to insufficient income to meet basic needs, means lack of employment opportunities, disabled access to health, education... Dividing the territory of the Republic of Serbia to the regions at the NUTS-2 level, have been established the conditions in the regions of Vojvodina, Belgrade, Šumadija and Western Serbia and the Southern and Eastern Serbia region and the disparities between them. There are significant differences in the development of the region. Residents of rural areas are facing with the phenomenon of poverty. This phenomenom is especially pronounced in the region of Southern and Eastern Serbia. Inevitability is to influence the balanced regional development and rural to, and thus to reduce poverty and unemployment, which will affect the improvement of the living standards of the population, the development of rural areas, the economy and society.