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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The Impact of Deregulation on Rural Commercial Credit Availability in Four New England States: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications
This report, "The Impact of Deregulation on Rural Commercial Credit Availability in Four New England States: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications" by Deborah M. Markley, published in May 1990, investigates how financial deregulation affected the availability of commercial credit in rural areas of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
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The Impact of Deregulation on Rural Commercial Credit Availability in Four New England States: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications
This report, "The Impact of Deregulation on Rural Commercial Credit Availability in Four New England States: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications" by Deborah M. Markley, evaluates the effects of financial deregulation on the availability of commercial credit in rural areas, especially for small businesses. The study focuses on four New England states (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont) which have a history of interstate banking and commercial lending by savings banks.
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The Rural Disadvantage: Growing Income Disparities Between Rural and Urban Areas
This report, "The Rural Disadvantage: Growing Income Disparities Between Rural and Urban Areas," by Scott Barancik of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (April 1990), discusses the widening income gap between wealthy and other Americans, and how this trend disproportionately affects rural areas.
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Poverty and Opportunity Structure in Rural America
This review article, "POVERTY AND OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURE IN RURAL AMERICA" by Ann R. Tickamyer and Cynthia M. Duncan, examines the persistent and severe issue of rural poverty in the United States.
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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.