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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Rural Workforce 2000: Skill Upgrading
Report seeks to address the importance of upgrading the skill levels of rural works to match the skill levels of available jobs.
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The Impact of Deregulation on Rural Commercial Credit Availability in Four New England States: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications
Report highlights the role of Local commercial banks as an important source of capital for small businesses within their local service areas.
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The Rural Disadvantage: Growing Income Disparities Between Rural and Urban Areas
This paper demonstrates a widening income gap between rural residents and urban residents.
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Rural Policy Issues: Papers from Aberdeenshire
Paper provides case study analyses of rural policy issues in both Western Europe and North America
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Working Below The Poverty Line in Rural and Urban America
This report examines how the earnings of American workers changed from 1970-1990
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Creating Opportunity for Rural People and Places: A State Rural Economic Development Policy Academy
Report is a policy proposal for the CSPA Policy Academy, designed to deliver intensive assistance to states in rural policy development.
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What Next for Sustainable Agriculture?
Paper considers issues that sustainable agriculture is expected to face as it moves on from an abstract concept to a more transformative tool of agricultural system.
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Foreign Investment, Industrial Linkages, and Regional Development.
Study focuses on the regional and rural implications of foreign direct investment in the United States (FDIUS).
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Recommendation for Delegated-Authority Grant
Document provides background and summary of a grant that would underwrite planning process for a major initiative to link rural advocacy and policy research organizations active U.S. rural poverty and development through HandsNet, a telecommunications company.
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Behind the Glitter: The Impact of Tourism on Rural Women in the Southeast
This report, "Behind Glitter: The Impact of Tourism on Rural Women in the Southeast," by Michal Smith, was prepared in August 1989 for The Aspen Institute Rural Economic Policy Program and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, with funding from The Ford Foundation. The report investigates the economic impact of the tourism industry on rural women in the Southeast, arguing that tourism development, as practiced, is a "flawed economic development strategy."
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What Next for Sutainable Agriculture
This report, "What Next for Sustainable Agriculture" by William Lockeretz, prepared for The Ford Foundation and the Rural Economic Policy Program of The Aspen Institute in December 1989, argues that while sustainable agriculture has gained recognition, the "real work" of developing realistic systems and long-range strategies is just beginning.
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Measuring the Cost and Accomplishments of Capital Subsidies: The Case of Rural UDAG Grants
Marie Howland's paper, "Measuring the Cost and Accomplishments of Capital Subsidies: The Case of Rural UDAG Grants," examines the effectiveness and cost of low-interest loan programs for economic development, focusing on the rural component of the Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) program.