Rural Knowledge Center

Rural Resources, Insights, and Collaborations by Aspen CSG and Partners

Collaborative Strategies for Rural Health & Economic Prosperity

Insights and recommendations to do rural development and rural health differently—moving collectively toward equitable rural development with projects grounded in place and a people-centered vision of community impact.

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Skills For Industrial Modernization

Report presents a national strategy to enhance the skills of workers in America's industrial foundation of small and midsized manufacturing firms.

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Residents’ perceptions and attitudes about limited stakes casino gambling and its impact on community life

Document shows copy of small-stakes gambling survey based on resident opinion.

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Students’ Perceptions and Attitudes About Limited Stakes Casino Gambling and Its Impact on Community Life

Keynote slides detailing survey participant data on student opinions on small-stakes gambling as it effects community life.

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Empowered Problem-Solving Teams at Motorola

Paper briefly outlines Motorola Inc.'s mission statement and corporate ideolo

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Rethinking Rural Development

Report explores the increasing role of local government in improving holes in the development net that state and federal governments would otherwise overlook.

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Globalization and Local Economies Impact

Paper seeks to address the issue of globalization processes from the perspective of local economies.

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Health Care Service Utilization for Mixtec Migrant Farmworkers

Report examines barriers to adequate health care for migrant farmworker families from rural, indigenous Mexico.

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The Globalization Trend and Its Impacts

Paper points to rise of global trade as consequence of parents firms in multinational networks losing a little of their relative importance in their home economies, especially in manufacturing.

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Continental Drift: NAFTA and Its Aftershocks

Report finds that the passage of NAFTA caused lasting effect in low-wage economies in both the United States and Mexico.

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Globalization and the North American Free Trade Agreement

Paper seeks to expose the features of the general approach to employment and training in the U.S. and briefly discuss implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for rural areas.

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Winners and Losers on the NAFTA “Fast Track”

Paper asserts that the most negatively affected economic sector that would be affected by the North American Free Trade Agreement will be rural, in both the United States and Mexico.

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Prospects for Remote Branch Plant Regions in the International Economy

Paper highlights lack of competition that rural communities provide given out-sourcing and low-wage production sites in developing nations.