Funding Rural Futures: Call to Action
What it will take to make more flexible and responsive funding available to organizations serving low-income and persistent poverty rural regions?
Rural Knowledge Center
Rural Resources, Insights, and Collaborations by Aspen CSG and Partners
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On the Edge of Homelessness: Rural Poverty and Housing Insecurity
This article seeks to broaden the general understanding of rural homelessness and examines trends in rural housing that reduce the ability of poorer residents to secure adequate shelter.
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State Economic Development Programs and Local Needs
Study explores the broad subject of economic development in the rural state of Mississippi from the perspective of locally elected policy makers.
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State Policy Reports: Economic Development and Commerce Policy Studies
Report analyzes the impacts of eight rural initiatives put in place under the Bush Administration in 1990.
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How Strategic Development Organizations Can Be Effective for State Governments
This report seeks to examine state economic development policy processes in terms of effectiveness.
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Unprecedented Disparities, Unparalleled Adjustment Needs: Winners and Losers on the NAFTA ‘Fast Track’
This paper illustrates that the magnitude of disparities among proposed partners of NAFTA is greater than any disparities that have been associated with prior successful free trade experiences.
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Project Overview and Survey Results: Introduction to the RDLF/ IRP Evaluation
Purpose of research is to evaluate the Intermediary Relending Program, a business development program operated by FmHA.
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Gearing Up for Success: Organizing a State for Rural Development
Purpose of this book is to provide states-and their rural development partners- with some guidance that will better enable them to create and implement successful rural development strategies.
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Forwarding the Rural Development Agenda
Report serves as an intelligence gathering support document in order to suggest areas to focus capacity development efforts in terms of issues needing to be addressed, possible approaches and suggested target audiences for the Aspen Institute's Rural Development Program.
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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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Coming Out of the Shadows: The Changing Face of Rural Development in the South
Report examines general trends in Southern economic development policy over the last five years in order to establish the context within rural development policies and programs are taking place.
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Significant Others: Exploring the Potential of Manufacturing Networks
Report examines the possibilities and pitfalls of efforts to build flexible manufacturing networks.
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Emerging Themes In State Rural Development
Report summarizes data collected through four interrelated analytic strategies under the State Policy Program (SPP) at the Aspen Institute