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Recompete Pilot Program Webinar

Jun. 29th, 2023, 3PM

Join our upcoming webinar on on the Recompete Pilot program, which aims to invest $200M in geographically diverse economically distressed communities.

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Rural Health and Economic Prosperity: Executive Summary

Read our report on how the rural development and health fields can adopt approaches from one another to improve rural health and economic prosperity.

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An Ethnoinquiry on Poverty: People’s Commentaries in a Reservation World

Ethnographic study of poverty on Oglala Lakota reservation.

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Research Report Findings: Investing in Dismantling Structural Racism and Economic Inequity in Rural America 

Report authors provide recommendations to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for development of a network to help to dismantle structural racism and economic inequity in rural America.

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Demographic and Socioeconomic Changes in Rural Youth

 Document examines trends affecting children's well-being, including indicators of economic well-being, physical health, academic achievement, and social behavior.

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Why Advocates for Rural Health and Health Equity Should Work Together

Rural health disparities are well documented, as are racial and ethnic health disparities (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2020). Evidence...

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Pioneers of Progress: Community Development, Volume 1

Report on Economic Development in Rural America, particularly in relation to entrepreneurship.

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Thrive Rural Framework: Local-Level Building Blocks

Local-Level Building Blocks highlight conditions in rural places and regions that individual can act on by themselves.

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Global Competitors: Local Incentives in Latin America

Paper presents a preliminary report on a project at the University of Texas which was then developing a comprehensive database on regional location incentives and relative regional competiveness.

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Thrive Rural Framework: Taking Stock

Communities use many different tools to analyze conditions and help set priorities. Alongside other key tools, the Thrive Rural Framework...

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Tapping Rural Innovation for a Clean Energy Economy

Rural communities are integral to our nation’s economy, culture, history, and the environmental services that we all depend on. Yet...

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Pathfinders: Climate-Smart Solutions from Rural America and Native Nations

Jul. 7th, 2022, 2PM

Drought and wildfire in the West, rising seas and erosion in the Mississippi River Delta, and erratic weather patterns throughout...