* * Praca finansowana w ramach grantu ze środków Narodowego Centrum Nauki.

Contemporary scientific concepts coincide with the claim that one of the major factors determining the development of countries and regions is the development of local units. Most definitions of socioeconomic development emphasise the significance of human capital in developing this phenomenon. Braniewo District, with an rate of unemployment at a level of 22.2 %, is ranked first in Warminsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship, and is among the highest in Poland. A significant percentage of the unemployed (including the long-term unemployed) live in rural areas in former state-owned farm localities. Unemployment in rural areas is a separate socioeconomic problem that requires specific remedies and actions, especially with regard to the activation of former stateowned farm areas. This study analysed selected factors shaping the local labour market in Braniewo District. To achieve the main aim, the identification of the economic and labour market potential of the population inhabiting selected communes of Braniewo District was required. This enabled the formulation of initial recommendations regarding the ways of stimulating the human capital in the "difficult" labour market. The research methods applied in the study include a deductive study of relevant literature, reports, statistical analyses and a qualitative study involving direct interviews with the authorities of the communes of the analysed area as well as a survey conducted among 224 inhabitants of flats from the resources of former state-owned agricultural farm real estate. The established diagnosis and conducted analysis of social consequences of the ownership changes introduced in the agricultural sector by the Agricultural Property Agency in Braniewo District enabled an assessment of the changes occurring in former state-owned farm localities, and their effects on the inhabitants of the analysed communes.

The aim of the article is to analyse and assess the concentration of non-agricultural activities in Poland as an element of the alternative use of agricultural real estate. A detailed analysis will cover the spatial aspect of the concentration of the conducted activity. In order to determine the concentration, the location quotient (LQ) was used. The article used the current data of the Central Statistical Office regarding the characteristics of agricultural holdings in Poland in 2016. While the income from non-farm businesses conducted by farmers reached 15.2 % of farms' total income on average for whole Poland, certain diversity can be seen among provinces. It is worth emphasising that for as many as 49.2 % of agricultural holdings conducting non-farm businesses, the revenues derived from such economic activity make up more than 50 % of the total income. In particular regions, however, the share of such farms was varied, yet remaining on a relatively high level, i.e. between nearly 40 % to 58.2 %, in all the country. The significantly greater diversity of the economically largest farms was not accompanied by greater differences in the concentration of farms gaining income from non-agricultural businesses.

Foreign investments play an important role in fostering local development. This article is aimed at evaluating the inflow of FDIs to the capital cities of the Polish voivodeships in 1995–2016 and their closest agglomerations. Data on the number of businesses with foreign capital used in this article originate from the Local Data Bank of the Polish Central Statistical Office. To capture a spatial concentration of businesses with foreign capital and its change from 1995–2016, a method used in analysing regional convergence, among others, was employed. The spatial distribution of FDIs in relation to the capital cities of the Polish voivodeships was analysed using Quantum GIS software and calculations in STATA 14. Conclusions arrived at showed a divergence in the number of FDIs in communes and municipalities in Poland from 1995–2016 as well as a diverse spatial pattern of FDI locations in relation to the capital city of the voivodeship.