農村総合整備事業における事業費の性格と農村社会会計の必要性

Abstract

The objectives of the study are as follows. (1) To clarify the reasons why the rural development works should be public, and the major portion of these expenditure should be financed by the governments (central and local). (2) To propose the rural account methods to gain the rural data for making the rural development plan and carrying out it effectively. Two points were studied theoretically. In recent years, non-agriculture sectors have grown rapidly, and also, urbanizations in rural areas have extended rapidly. On the other hand, in rural areas, the agriculture sector (farm business, farm household economy, regional agriculture) becomes stagnant gradually, and living environments, communities, and natural environments have been put into confusion that relate to the complex way of life. It is evident that the above mentioned changes in rural areas are social cost. Therefore the major part of the expenses of the rural development works should be sponsored by the government (central and local to redeem the suitable socio-ecosysterns in the rural environments). Meanwhile, making and carrying out of the rural development plan require many accurate data concerning with farm business, farm and nonfarm household ecomomy, regional agriculture, non-agriculture sectors, social activity, community, living environment, natural environment, and so on. As a method for gaining these data uniformly and systematically, "Rural Social Ecological Account" should be developed.