For example, when young people in New Brunswick leave rural regions, infrastructure in those areas become eroded in the long term because the population is aging.

The partner countries are faced with several challenges such as poverty, unemployment, mixed economic performance, corruption, weak governance and frozen conflicts in certain regions.

The partner countries are faced with several challenges such as poverty, unemployment, mixed economic performance, corruption, weak governance and frozen conflicts in certain regions.

The structural shortcomings in the Czech labour market also mirror low geographical mobility, which results from two principal shortcomings: First, the regulation of housing prices weakens incentives for supply of housing in regions where jobs are created. And second, the weak transport infrastructure increases the costs of commuting and creates obstacles for investment and setting up of new enterprises in the structurally weak regions.

Less-favoured areas - Article 3(4) a) Infertile land -------------- - northern wet region: level of yield less than 30 (as measured by the fertility index of L. TURC) - arid and semi-arid regions: less than 50% arable land in farmed area. b) Poor economic conditions ------------------------ - northern wet region: standard gross margin per farm worker not more than 80% of the average for the region and less than half the national average for both utilized agricultural area (UAA) per farm and hectares per field; - arid and semi-arid regions: irrigated area less than 20% of the arable area and fallow area greater than 20% of the grassland ...[+++](1) COM(86) 284 final (2) A "municipio" is the smallest administrative unit for which data is available and consists of a village.

Less-favoured areas - Article 3(4) a) Infertile land -------------- - northern wet region: level of yield less than 30 (as measured by the fertility index of L. TURC) - arid and semi-arid regions: less than 50% arable land in farmed area. b) Poor economic conditions ------------------------ - northern wet region: standard gross margin per farm worker not more than 80% of the average for the region and less than half the national average for both utilized agricultural area (UAA) per farm and hectares per field; - arid and semi-arid regions: irrigated area less than 20% of the arable area and fallow area greater than 20% of the grassland ...[+++](1) COM(86) 284 final (2) A "municipio" is the smallest administrative unit for which data is available and consists of a village.