“The Impact of the Socio-economic Structure of Rural Population on the Success of Rural Development Policy” is a regional, policy-oriented project based on research conducted by the Association of Agricultural Economists of Macedonia and the Center for Public Policy Research (CENTAR) from Serbia, involving researchers from North Macedonia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project was funded by the Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP) and the University of Fribourg, which served as the administrative and mentoring institutions.