rural development
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Ten Media Sources Focused on Rural Communities and Native Nations
Check out our roundup of ten media sources highlighting important issues about and to rural communities and Native nations.
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Ground Truth from Rural Practitioners
Every day, organizations are working hard to improve the economy and livelihoods of residents in rural and tribal communities in...
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Disaster Planning and Rural Resilience
Flooding, tornadoes, drought, wildfire, and other extreme weather events cause major disruption and damage wherever they occur and have potential...
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Securing Capital for Rural Prosperity
This third in the Thrive Rural Field Perspectives series offers a call to action to restructure and reorient public, private...
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Rural Development & Health Alignment Opportunities
This first in the Thrive Rural Field Perspective Series describes the main trends and catalysts for change that emerged from...
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Turning Points: Doing Rural Development Differently
This book chapter highlights six action principles to “do economic development differently”—principles that shifts from the risky “winner takes all”...
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Rural Development: Field Practice and Trends
What must happen for economic development to foster a more prosperous, healthier, equitable and environmentally sustainable rural America? This scan...
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Tapping Rural Innovation for a Clean Energy Economy
Rural communities are integral to our nation’s economy, culture, history, and the environmental services that we all depend on. Yet...
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Federal Policy Scan: Rebuild Rural America Act 2021
With a new administration in Washington, we can expect many proposals for shifting the direction of rural policy and programming....
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Four Ideas for Federal Rural Policy in the COVID-19 Era
This is the second in a series (see Part 1) on how to ensure development investments that are part of...
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The Rural Development Innovation Group at Four Years
Over the past four years, the Rural Development Innovation Group has identified and highlighted what’s working in rural community and...
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Building Better Fundamentals for Rural Progress
Sector-specific solutions dominate rural policy. We often hear about rural health, rural water, rural housing, broadband, agriculture. These are pieces...