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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Idigenous Oaxacan Migrants in California Agriculture: A New Cycle of Poverty: A Request for Supplement Funding to REPP and the Ford Foundation
Report provides findings and research progress in survey of Mixtec farm workers in the Western United States.
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Analysis of Earnings Inadequacy in Rural US
Paper examines income variations among rural families through examining the ratio of a worker's annual earnings compared to the poverty level for a family of four.
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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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Multivariate Analysis of Factors Associated with Earnings Inequality in the Rural U.S.: 1979-1987
This paper analyzes the factors associated with "earnings inadequacy" in the rural U.S. between 1979 and 1987. Earnings inadequacy is defined as annual earnings that cannot bring a family of four above the poverty level, even with a year-round, full-time job.
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Black Female-Headed Families in the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan South: A Profile of Their Economic Status
Black Female-Headed Families in the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan South: A Profile of Their Economic Status This study, "Black Female-Headed Families in the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan South: A Profile of Their Economic Status" by Joyce E. Allen and Pamela K. Joshi, examines the socioeconomic characteristics of black female-headed families with dependent children in the Southern United States.
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Hand in Hand: Community and Economic Development in Tupelo
This report, "Hand in Hand: Community and Economic Development in Tupelo," by Vaughn Grisham and Rob Gurwitt, is a case study published by the Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group.
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Developing Entrepreneurial Economies in Rural Regions: Lessons from Kentucky and Appalachia
This Aspen Institute report, "Developing Entrepreneurial Economies in Rural Regions: Lessons from Kentucky and Appalachia," by Rob Gurwitt, summarizes a June 1996 workshop in Kentucky that explored how rural regions can cultivate entrepreneurial economies. The report highlights the challenges faced by states like Kentucky, which have historically relied on low-skill industries and external ownership, leading to a lack of risk capital, sophisticated business services, and an entrepreneurial culture.
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Covering Rural Territory: A Framework of Rural Service Structures for Community Foundations
This file, "Covering Rural Territory," is a framework for community foundations looking to improve their service to rural areas. It was developed by the Rural Development Philanthropy Learning Network (RDPLN) of the Aspen Institute's Community Strategies Group in October 2004.
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Rural Policy Issues
This document, titled “Rural Policy Issues,” is a collection of papers presented at a March 1990 seminar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland,...