Rural Narratives
In Search of “Good” Rural Data: Measuring Rural Prosperity
Economic and demographic data drive research, policy development, distribution of government resources, and private investment decisions. But many of the...
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Introducing Thrive Rural: Connecting Rural Development, Health and Opportunity
One in five people in the U.S. lives in a rural or tribal community. Many rural places are dynamic and...
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.)
Exploding Myths about Rural Entrepreneurship
Report provides insight into five case studies in Iowa, North Dakota, Maine, Arkansas, and Michigan that show disparate rural economies in order to better develop strategies for rural new business entrepreneurship.
Perspectives on Recent Demographic Change in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan America
Report reviews three approaches that propose to explain redistribution reversals of the 1970s.
The Interpenetration of Rural and Urban America
Author seeks to pose questions concerning definition of rural and urban America. Researcher focuses on defining rural America.
National Perceptions and Political Significance of Rural Areas
Book is a record of the International Symposium on National Perceptions and Political Significance of Rural Areas held at the Aspen Institute's Wye Woods Conference Center on November 18-20, 1988.
Poverty, Work and Social Change in the Appalachian Coal Fields
Paper seeks to dispel myths about willingness to work among rural poor.