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Abstract
The paper analyses methodological and practical solutions that have been introduced to assess
the impact of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 in Latvia. The work on the
development of the evaluation of the impact of rural support is only in progress, the range of
data sources is not large either. Therefore the author offers a solution how the evaluation of the
RDP is organized in Latvia, with the resources and the amount of information available, and
what activities are planned in the future. Special attention is devoted to the development of the
methodology for calculating the direct economic effect, including the principles of the formation
of the group of the affected farms and the control group, as well as the choice of the range of
indicators for the analysis of measures.
The approached mentioned in the research has already been applied when writing the Mid-term
evaluation report.