Rural Knowledge Center

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

Four Principles for Fostering Community Well-Being with Asset-Based Development

Insights and recommendations to foster rural & Indigenous well-being with asset based development.

Community and Economic Development Topics

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Rural Telecommunications Initiative Agenda

Initiative entails computer and information technology training to many rural community-based organizations that do not have access.

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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.

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Changing Rural Labor Force Demographics

This report highlights and synthesizes knowledge of labor force and employment trends

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Rural America in the 1990s: Trends and Choices

Paper aims to examine difficulties rural America experienced in the 1980s are in large measure the product of vast shifts in the national and international economy, to the impact of which rural communities are increasingly exposed.

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Spatial Inequality: Regulatory Policy & Capacity

Paper argues that while increasing spatial inequality can be explained with reference to the internationalization of the U.S. economy and firm competitiveness, changing market conditions are not the only factors re-shaping the space economy.

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Pioneers of Progress: Community Development, Volume 1

Report on Economic Development in Rural America, particularly in relation to entrepreneurship.

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The Slowdown in Nonmetropolitan Development: The Impact of Economic Forces and the Affect on the Distribution of Wages

Paper explores the divergence in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan development over the past decade by addressing three questions.

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Limited Access: Health Care for the Rural Poor

Researchers argue for along term restructuring of the health insurance system and a policy to insure that health care services are widely available if needed.

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Rural Poverty in America

Draft report of Cynthia Duncan's book Rural Poverty in America.