Report
The Political Economy of U.S. Rural Policy: An Exploration of the Past with Strategies for the Future
Researchers argue that there exists a need for a national rural policy of some sort after years of solely agricultural-focused policy.
Higher Prices, Fewer Choices: Shopping for Food in Rural America
Report presents key findings of a Public Voice nationwide study that sought to examine the access to supermarkets in rural America.
Rural Workforce 2000: Skill Upgrading and the Rural Economy, 1970-2000
Report seeks to address the importance of upgrading the skill levels of rural works to match the skill levels of available jobs.
The Rural Disadvantage: Growing Income Disparities Between Rural and Urban Areas
This paper demonstrates a widening income gap between rural residents and urban residents.
Rural Policy Issues: Papers Presented at Douneside, Aberdeenshire
Paper provides case study analyses of rural policy issues in both Western Europe and North America
Working Below The Poverty Line: The Growing Problem of Low Earnings in Rural and Urban Areas and the Regions across the United States
This report examines how the earnings of American workers changed from 1970-1990
Creating Opportunity for Rural People and Places: A State Rural Economic Development Policy Academy
Report is a policy proposal for the CSPA Policy Academy, designed to deliver intensive assistance to states in rural policy development.
What Next for Sustainable Agriculture
Paper considers issues that sustainable agriculture is expected to face as it moves on from an abstract concept to a more transformative tool of agricultural system.
Foreign Investment, Industrial Linkages, and Regional Development.
Study focuses on the regional and rural implications of foreign direct investment in the United States (FDIUS).
Recommendation for Delegated-Authority Grant
Document provides background and summary of a grant that would underwrite planning process for a major initiative to link rural advocacy and policy research organizations active U.S. rural poverty and development through HandsNet, a telecommunications company.
The Rural Poor: What We Know and What We Need to Know
Report examines gaps in adequate policy-oriented research on the rural poor and what can be done to resolve it.
Laboring For Less: Working but Poor in Rural America
A profile of the working poor outside metropolitan areas, and an exploration of the factors that lie behind the increase over the past decade in the ranks of the working poor in nonmetro areas.