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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.
Thrive Rural Framework: Systems-Level Building Blocks
The Thrive Rural Framework is a new tool to help you take stock, target action, and gauge progress on rural prosperity. We...
Four Principles for Fostering Community Well-Being with Asset-Based Development
Insights and recommendations to foster rural & Indigenous well-being with asset based development.
Coal and Economic Development in Kentucky Presentation
Report is on MACED's research on the coal industry and economic development and proposed policy solutions related to community reinvestment.
Draft Report of “The Role of Services in Rural Growth and Development”
This document, titled "REPP-1990-Howland.pdf," is a research paper from the University of Maryland's Institute for Urban Studies, dated January 5, 1990, and addressed to Maureen Kennedy at the Aspen Institute. The paper discusses the role of services in rural economic growth, focusing on direct-export and import-substituting services.
Policy Institute 1: Snowbird, Utah
Document contains conference agenda for Investing in People: Workforce Policy Institute I hosted in Snowbird, Utah.
Coming Out of the Shadows: The Changing Face of Rural Development in the South
Report examines general trends in Southern economic development policy over the last five years in order to establish the context within rural development policies and programs are taking place.
Federal Resources
Plus upcoming events & notices for grant application and funding proposal deadlines
Rural Development Councils: Volume 2
Contains eight state case studies that have been developed to track the development of the federal-state initiative.
In Search of Good Rural Data: Measuring Rural Prosperity
Economic and demographic data drive research, policy development, distribution of government resources, and private investment decisions. But many of the...
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.
Measuring Community Capacity Building Workbook
This is a workbook focuses on improving the ability of individuals, organizations, businesses, and government in their community to come together, learn, make well-reasoned decisions about the community’s present and future, and work together to carry out those decisions.