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Business Finance as a Tool for Development (book)

This book provides insight into successful development finance strategies, focusing on Linked deposit programs, loan guarantee and loan insurance programs, and business and industrial development corporations.

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The Injustice of Repeated Flooding

Jan. 30th, 2024, 2PM

What structural challenges keep rural communities from addressing repeated flooding? What will it take for rural communities to drive their own solutions to repeated flooding?

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101 Ideas For Stimulating Rural Entrepreneurship and New Business Development

Report outlines ways States can stimulate business development by nurturing and rewarding entrepreneurial activity.

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Thrive Rural Framework: Systems-Level Building Blocks

The Thrive Rural Framework is a new tool to help you take stock, target action, and gauge progress on rural prosperity. We...

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Designing Development Strategies in Small Towns

Paper highlights need for competent assessment of community resources and opportunities alongside more effective local planning and action.

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Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group – Home

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Community Foundation Approaches to Housing Impact Investing

Apr. 29th, 2024, 2PM

Come share and learn how community foundations are finding innovative ways to use investment portfolios to partner with local developers & increase housing stock.

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Gaps in Our Understanding of Rural Communities

Paper outlines efforts by the Rural Economic Policy Program to qualitatively expand base of knowledge about rural conditions relating to labor and income distribution.

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Changing the Narrative: Building Trust Through Rural Media

Insights on how we can promote accurate rural narratives and increase local media to build trust and new relationships across geography.

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Understanding State Economies Through Industry Studies

Paper describes key analytical concepts that have shaped some of the most effective efforts in state economic development research and policy formulation.

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35th Annual Rural Community and Economic Development Conference

Thanks for joining us at today's session!

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Jessica Stago

Director of Business Incubator, Change Labs