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Advancing Regional Action Infrastructure
Jul. 18th, 2023, 1PM
Learn how rural practitioners are advancing regional action infrastructure and how your community can strengthen regional networks and work across communities.
The Budgetary Implications of Reducing U.S. Income Inequality Through Transfer Programs
Report uses data from the Census Bureau regarding list and asset information at the household level to provide perspective on relative costs of reducing income inequality by increasing program benefits.
Measure Up: A Call to Action
Today, we have a generational opportunity to strengthen prosperity and equity in communities and Native nations across the rural United...
Globalization and Local Economies Impact
Paper seeks to address the issue of globalization processes from the perspective of local economies.
Support local Hurricane recovery efforts
As we've seen with previous disasters, the surest way to ensure equitable and targeted support is through the local organizations on the ground who have been doing the work before the disaster hits and will be there long after the cameras and national organizations recede.
Resources for Rural Communities
Aspen CSG serves as a connecting hub for equitable rural community and economic development. We design and facilitate action-inducing peer learning among rural practitioners, national and regional organizations, and policymakers. We build networks, foster collaboration, and advance best practices from the field.
Representing Rural America: Development Needs and Policy
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.)
Minimum Wage Effects on Rural Labor Markets
Paper looks at the response of firms to changes in the minimum wage.
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”...
Innovation and Challenges for State Rural Councils
Document serves a conceptual tool to help define, guide, and measure the process of organizational change into the State Rural Development Councils (SRDC).
Nils Christoffersen
Executive Director, Wallowa Resources
Thrive Rural Theory of Change Working Group (2019-2021)
The Theory of Change Working Group for Thrive Rural is a broad array of leading practitioners, academics, and experts from...