Policy & Data
Elderly Rural Americans
Document provides implications of a large and growing elderly population in Rural America, specifically.
Internal Migration and Population Redistribution
Report examines population redistribution in the 1970s pointing to several factors: 1970s energy crisis and labor force shift to mining, scattering of manufacturing into nonmetro areas, increased favorable views about rural life, increasing importance of recreation.
Issue Brief “U.S. Rural Demographic Trends and Issues in International Perspective” Workshop on Population Change and the Future of Rural America
Brief focuses on changing spatial patterns of population distribution in the United States.
U.S. Rural Demographic Trends in International Perspective; An Issue Brief
Purpose of brief is to identify some of the major priority issues for research on rural population change that are emerging outside the United States
Creating Rural Opportunity: A State Rural Economic & Community Development Policy Academy, A Progress Report on the First Year of a Three Year Project
Materials provide detailed report on the first year of a three year project entitled the "state Rural Economic and Community Development State Policy Academy.
Computer Services in the Rural Economy
Report provides an overview of the computer services industry in rural economies, examines the importance of computer software development and programming services to rural development, and delves into prospective for data entry and processing as potential growth sectors for rural employment.
Building Blocks of Rural Development
Paper is intended to be a reference point for state and local leaders to address economic development in rural South.
Local Economic Development and State Government’s Role
Survey is designed to obtain answers to questions regarding local and state government roles in economic development.
The Uneven Spatial Development of Rural Sociology
Paper argues that part of the problem of uneven development of rural regions stems from an inadequate understanding of the spatial dimension.
Rural Telecommunications Initiative Agenda
Initiative entails computer and information technology training to many rural community-based organizations that do not have access.
Demographic Change and the Human Capital Endowment of Rural America
Brief provides an overview of facts and issues pertaining to demographic change and human capital levels in rural America.
Changing Rural Labor Force Demographics
This report highlights and synthesizes knowledge of labor force and employment trends