Local and State Policy

Pioneers of Progress: Policy Entrepreneurs and Community Development, Volume I

This report, "Pioneers of Progress: Policy Entrepreneurs and Community Development, Volume One," examines the role of non-governmental organizations in shaping state economic development policy in the U.S., particularly in the early 1990s.

Explaining the New Spatial Inequality: Regulatory Policy and Local Economic Capacity

This report, titled "EXPLAINING THE NEW SPATIAL INEQUALITY Regulatory Policy and Local Economic Capacity" by Susan Christopherson (May 1991), argues that increasing spatial inequality in the U.S., evidenced by income disparities, unemployment rates, and access to basic services, is not solely due to changing market conditions.

Piney Road: Work, Education, and the Re-Making of the Southern Family" by Jacqueline J. Saindon examines the impact of work and education on rural Southern families, focusing on Gresham County. The research, supported by the Rural Economic Policy Program of the Aspen Institute and Ford Foundation, investigates how low literacy rates and available low-skill, low-wage jobs in industries like poultry farming affect economic development and educational attainment.

Best Practices: New Partnerships for Industrial Efficiency

Report presents four of the most progressive industrial energy-efficiency programs in order to provide insight for future programs.

Creating Rural Opportunity: A State Rural Economic & Community Development Policy Academy, A Progress Report on the First Year of a Three Year Project

Materials provide detailed report on the first year of a three year project entitled the "state Rural Economic and Community Development State Policy Academy.

Local Economic Development and State Government’s Role

Survey is designed to obtain answers to questions regarding local and state government roles in economic development.

Comments of Mil Duncan, REPP: Panelist for RSS Session: “Rural America, Rural Women, and Public Policy.”

This file contains a letter from Lori Garkovich to Mil Duncan of the Rural Economic Policy Program (REPP) and Duncan's presentation for the RSS panel on "Rural America, Rural Women, and Public Policy."

A Community Researcher’s Guide to Rural Data: Where to find answers to questions about Rural America’s Population and Labor Force, Income, Health, and Education, Industries and Government

This file, "A Community Researcher's Guide to Rural Data," by Priscilla Salant, is a manual prepared for the Rural Economic Policy Program of The Aspen Institute, funded by The Ford Foundation.

Black Female-Headed Families in the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan South: A Profile of Their Economic Status

Report examines growing number of African American female-headed families in the United States.

A Community Researcher’s Guide to Rural Data

Manual was prepared in order to present reliable and timely data as a prerequisite for sound planning and policy development.

The Political Economy of U.S. Rural Policy: An Exploration of the Past with Strategies for the Future

Researchers argue that there exists a need for a national rural policy of some sort after years of solely agricultural-focused policy.

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.