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Redesign Required: Principles for Reimagining Federal Rural Policy in the COVID-19 Era
This is the first in a two-part blog series on principles, ideas, and implementation considerations essential to ensuring that development...
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Rural Work Force Development: Issues and Strategies for Rural Leaders
Document provides an overview of issues related to work force development and examples of promising strategies for dealing with these issues.
The Tsunami, Phoenix, Tequila Sunset and Fedex Scenarios
Remarks by Mil Duncan on RSS Session "Rural America, Rural Women, and Public Policy."
Branch Plants and Rural Development in the Age of Globalization
Book provides insight into changing status of branch firm manufacturing in rural areas in light of increasing globalization trends.
Small Towns, Big Picture: Rural Development in a Changing Economy
Report focuses on refining efforts to take advantage of changing rural economic development opportunities through grounding them in an understanding of certain related and long-term trends.
Industrial-Strength Strategies: Regional Business Clusters and Public Policy
Book explains, explores and illustrates how policymakers and practitioners, particularly in rural areas- can move toward cluster-focused economic development.
Comments of Mil Duncan, REPP: Panelist for RSS Session: “Rural America, Rural Women, and Public Policy.”
Remarks by Mil Duncan on RSS Session "Rural America, Rural Women, and Public Policy."
The Investing In People Project Curriculum
Purpose of curriculum is: (1) to outline the Investing in People (IIP) projects for states and other parties interested in replicating it; and (2) to describe the resources, products and rationale that were used with the five states involved in the project.
Ten Essential Ingredients: Designing State Programs That Work In Rural Communities
Guidebook is intended to highlight innovative and successful actions, policies and programs which states can use to help individual rural communities.
A Handbook for State Policy Teams for a Competitive Workforce
Purpose of this handbook is to describe the methodology of the Investing in People Project; describe what happened to the state teams during the project; summarize what the teams achieved; and distill lessons from other states that may wish to consider undertaking such a project.
School-to-Work: A Guide for State Policymakers
Paper focus on state-level system-building strategies related to school-to-work systems that connect traditional educational experiences to work-place learning.