Four Principles for Fostering Community Well-Being with Asset-Based Development
Insights and recommendations to foster rural & Indigenous well-being with asset based development.
Rural Knowledge Center
Rural Resources, Insights, and Collaborations by Aspen CSG and Partners
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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.
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Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide: Volume 1: Regional Needs Assessment Approaches
Part I of the Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide.
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Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide: Volume 2: Firm-Level Needs Assessment Approachment
Part II of the Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide.
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Small Towns, Big Picture: Rural Development
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.
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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.
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Mil Duncan’s Comments on Rural American Policy
Remarks by Mil Duncan on RSS Session "Rural America, Rural Women, and Public Policy."
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Availability of Capital in Rural America
This report explores how financial market shifts impact rural capital access, highlighting challenges and solutions through public and private initiatives.
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Strengthening the Link for Small Business Rural Banks
This research report focuses on issue of loaning credit to small enterprises.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.