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
Report
Report
Computer Services in the Rural Economy
Report provides an overview of the computer services industry in rural economies, examines the importance of computer software development and programming services to rural development, and delves into prospective for data entry and processing as potential growth sectors for rural employment.
Case Study
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.
Report
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.
Report
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.
Report
Rural Telecommunications Initiative Agenda
Initiative entails computer and information technology training to many rural community-based organizations that do not have access.
Research Brief
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.
Report
Changing Rural Labor Force Demographics
This report highlights and synthesizes knowledge of labor force and employment trends
Report
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.
Report
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.
Report
Pioneers of Progress: Community Development, Volume 1
Report on Economic Development in Rural America, particularly in relation to entrepreneurship.
Report
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.
Report
Limited Access: Health Care for the Rural Poor
This report, "Limited Access: Health Care for the Rural Poor" by Laura Summer, published by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in March 1991, examines the challenges rural residents, especially those with low incomes, face in accessing health care services.