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On the Edge of Homelessness: Rural Poverty and Housing Insecurity
This article seeks to broaden the general understanding of rural homelessness and examines trends in rural housing that reduce the ability of poorer residents to secure adequate shelter.
Rural Homelessness Perspectives from Upstate New York
This article seeks to provide insight on rural homelessness based on field research in scattered rural communities in New York State.
Rural Poverty in America
Draft report of Cynthia Duncan's book Rural Poverty in America.
Poverty & Opportunity Structure in Rural America
Review of rural poverty and its historical roots in social, political, and economic inequality and current economic restructuring.
Gaps in Our Understanding of Rural Communities
Paper outlines efforts by the Rural Economic Policy Program to qualitatively expand base of knowledge about rural conditions relating to labor and income distribution.
Poverty Research and Policy for Rural America
Paper argues that researchers and policymakers should take what was then a renewed interest in poverty and welfare reform to direct increased attention to rural poverty.
Myths and Realities of Appalachian Poverty: Public Policy for Good People Surrounded by a Bad Economy Bad Politics
Paper entails a MACED researcher's findings and policy solutions relating to economic stagnation in Appalachia.
Improving Education in Kentucky’s Fifth Congressional District
Research findings on poor economic conditions and issues of educational attainment in Kentucky's 5th Congressional District, one of the lowest performing districts in public education in the U.S. at the time.