Report
Declining Middle: The Polarization of Job Quality
Paper examines impacts of the changes on the 1980s on the prospects of various ethnic/gender demographic groups, then discusses implications of these developments for families and public policy.
Rural Economic Disadvantage
USDA Bulletin/Fact Sheet provides on evidence of economic decline in rural communities based on federal data from 1979-1992.
From The Bottom Up: Toward a Strategy for Income and Employment Generation Among the Disadvantaged
Report seeks to author a variety of program and sustainability strategies to foster poverty alleviation.
Interim Report on Minimum Wage Effects on Rural Labor Markets
Paper looks at the response of firms to changes in the minimum wage.
Southern Regional Policy Center: Action Plan
Document provides an action plan for the Southern Regional Policy Center (SRPC). Document provides brief outline of intended areas of focus.
Southern Regional Policy Center: A Prospectus
Prospectus serves as brief road map for the Southern Regional Policy Center at the University of North Carolina umbrella.
Southern Regional Policy Center: Questions & Answers
Question & Answer document serves as brief introductory document to the Southern Regional Policy Center goals in developing and furthering regional economic policy.
Innovation and Collaboration: Challenges for State Rural Development Councils
Document serves a conceptual tool to help define, guide, and measure the process of organizational change into the State Rural Development Councils (SRDC).
Gilpin County Regional Planning Commission Report
Report details findings of survey that assess the recreation and park needs of residents of the three governmental entities (Black Hawk, Central City and Gilpin County).
NAFTA: An Assesment
Document summarizes the central provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and evaluates the economic impact of the agreement.
New Businesses, Entrepreneurship, and Rural Development: State Policies and Generating Rural Growth from Within
Final report of project entitled the "Rural Economic and Community Development State Policy Academy."
Who Represents Rural America: An Analysis of Rural Development Needs, Policy, and Institutions
This report summarizes the survey over thirty experts in the rural economic development sphere (directors of grassroots rural organizations, policy institutes, rural advocates, state and federal government officials, congressional aides, academics, and general policy experts.)