Report
Winners and Losers on the NAFTA “Fast Track”
Paper asserts that the most negatively affected economic sector that would be affected by the North American Free Trade Agreement will be rural, in both the United States and Mexico.
Prospects for Remote Branch Plant Regions in the International Economy
Paper highlights lack of competition that rural communities provide given out-sourcing and low-wage production sites in developing nations.
Regional Impacts and Responses to Globalization
This case study describes the relationship between the globalization of capital and the general decline of a deindustrializing region (Western New York), and relates this dynamic to the particular conditions of the region's rural communities.
Declining Middle: The Polarization of Job Quality
Paper examines impacts of the changes on the 1980s on the prospects of various ethnic/gender demographic groups, then discusses implications of these developments for families and public policy.
Rural Economic Disadvantage Webinar
USDA Bulletin/Fact Sheet provides on evidence of economic decline in rural communities based on federal data from 1979-1992.
Income & Employment Generation Among the Disadvantaged
Report seeks to author a variety of program and sustainability strategies to foster poverty alleviation.
Minimum Wage Effects on Rural Labor Markets
Paper looks at the response of firms to changes in the minimum wage.
Southern Regional Policy Center: Action Plan
Document provides an action plan for the Southern Regional Policy Center (SRPC). Document provides brief outline of intended areas of focus.
Southern Regional Policy Center: A Prospectus
Prospectus serves as brief road map for the Southern Regional Policy Center at the University of North Carolina umbrella.
Southern Regional Policy Center: Questions & Answers
Question & Answer document serves as brief introductory document to the Southern Regional Policy Center goals in developing and furthering regional economic policy.
Innovation and Challenges for State Rural Councils
Document serves a conceptual tool to help define, guide, and measure the process of organizational change into the State Rural Development Councils (SRDC).
Gilpin County Regional Planning Commission Report
Report details findings of survey that assess the recreation and park needs of residents of the three governmental entities (Black Hawk, Central City and Gilpin County).