Rural Knowledge Center

Rural Resources, Insights, and Collaborations by Aspen CSG and Partners

Collaborative Strategies for Rural Health & Economic Prosperity

Insights and recommendations to do rural development and rural health differently—moving collectively toward equitable rural development with projects grounded in place and a people-centered vision of community impact.

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Technology Innovation & Rural Development: Lessons from Italy and Denmark

Report examines development policies in less urbanized but industrialized and industrializing regions of two European countries to find out more about the successes and failures of science and technology in promoting rural development.

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Services in the Rural Economy: Preliminary Findings

Report addresses gradual decline in manufacturing industry in U.S. and its role in rural economies.

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Industrial Restructuring and the Growth of Low Wage Work in the Rural U.S.

Report examines the contribution of industrial change to the growth of low wage work in the rural United States.

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State Telecommunications Policy: Working Notes from the Aspen Institute Conference of September 26-28, 1990

Report summarizes the highlights of the Aspen Institute's conference, "State Telecommunications Policy," on September 26-28, 1990 at the River House Conference Center.

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An Analysis of FmHA Rural Development Policy & Implementation

Report describes five basic models for delivering federal benefits, and develops thirteen criteria by which these delivery mechanisms can be evaluated.

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Poverty & Opportunity Structure in Rural America

Review of rural poverty and its historical roots in social, political, and economic inequality and current economic restructuring.

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Black Female-Headed Families in the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan South: A Profile of Their Economic Status

Report examines growing number of African American female-headed families in the United States.

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A Community Researcher’s Guide to Rural Data

Manual was prepared in order to present reliable and timely data as a prerequisite for sound planning and policy development.

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State Economic Policies & Small Agricultural Communities

​Examine the impact of state economic development policies on small agricultural communities in six 'middle border' states, with related policy recommendations.

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The Changing Incidence of Working Poverty in the U.S.

Paper examines how many individuals aged 16 and older earned at least some wages and salaries over the course of a year but had families which nevertheless had aggregate annual incomes which left them below the official census poverty line for a family of their size and structure.

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The Political Economy of U.S. Rural Policy: An Exploration of the Past with Strategies for the Future

Researchers argue that there exists a need for a national rural policy of some sort after years of solely agricultural-focused policy.

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Higher Prices, Fewer Choices: Shopping for Food in Rural America

Report presents key findings of a Public Voice nationwide study that sought to examine the access to supermarkets in rural America.