Policy & Data
Form Without Substance, Past Over Present: The Institutional Failure Of National U.S. Rural Policy
This document, titled "FORM WITHOUT SUBSTANCE, PAST OVER PRESENT: THE INSTITUTIONAL FAILURE OF NATIONAL U.S. RURAL POLICY" by William P. Browne, examines how Congress makes policy, particularly focusing on the use of information and sources of information. The central theme is that Congress is a reactive institution whose choices are limited by its rules.
Charting a New Economic Future: Building a Public Constituency for Workforce Issues
This report explores the urgent need for policymakers to involve the public in discussions about the economy and the labor market. It also suggests ways policymakers can increase public awareness of these issues. The document highlights a gap between public and policy leaders' understanding of workforce issues, citing a 1991 study by the Public Agenda Foundation.
State Economic Development and Local Needs
Study explores the broad subject of economic development in the rural state of Mississippi from the perspective of locally elected policy makers.
Economic Development and Commerce Policy State Policy Reports
Report analyzes the impacts of eight rural initiatives put in place under the Bush Administration in 1990.
Strategic Development Organizations for State Governments
This report seeks to examine state economic development policy processes in terms of effectiveness.
Project Overview and Survey Results: Introduction to the RDLF/ IRP Evaluation
Purpose of research is to evaluate the Intermediary Relending Program, a business development program operated by FmHA.
Gearing Up for Success: Organizing a State for Rural Development
Purpose of this book is to provide states-and their rural development partners- with some guidance that will better enable them to create and implement successful rural development strategies.
Forwarding the Rural Development Agenda
Report serves as an intelligence gathering support document in order to suggest areas to focus capacity development efforts in terms of issues needing to be addressed, possible approaches and suggested target audiences for the Aspen Institute's Rural Development Program.
Designing Development Strategies in Small Towns
Paper highlights need for competent assessment of community resources and opportunities alongside more effective local planning and action.
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.
Emerging Themes In State Rural Development
Report summarizes data collected through four interrelated analytic strategies under the State Policy Program (SPP) at the Aspen Institute
Economic Development Strategies of the Great Plains
Paper seeks to examine how state government in Great Plains states see their role in economic development.