Policy & Data
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.
The Uneven Spatial Development of Rural Sociology
Paper argues that part of the problem of uneven development of rural regions stems from an inadequate understanding of the spatial dimension.
Rural Telecommunications Initiative Agenda
Initiative entails computer and information technology training to many rural community-based organizations that do not have access.
Demographic Change and the Human Capital Endowment of Rural America
Brief provides an overview of facts and issues pertaining to demographic change and human capital levels in rural America.
Changing Rural Labor Force Demographics
This report highlights and synthesizes knowledge of labor force and employment trends
Rural America in the 1990s: Trends and Choices
Paper aims to examine difficulties rural America experienced in the 1980s are in large measure the product of vast shifts in the national and international economy, to the impact of which rural communities are increasingly exposed.
Spatial Inequality: Regulatory Policy & Capacity
Paper argues that while increasing spatial inequality can be explained with reference to the internationalization of the U.S. economy and firm competitiveness, changing market conditions are not the only factors re-shaping the space economy.
Pioneers of Progress: Community Development, Volume 1
Report on Economic Development in Rural America, particularly in relation to entrepreneurship.
The Slowdown in Nonmetropolitan Development: The Impact of Economic Forces and the Affect on the Distribution of Wages
Paper explores the divergence in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan development over the past decade by addressing three questions.
Rural Poverty in America
Draft report of Cynthia Duncan's book Rural Poverty in America.
Idigenous Oaxacan Migrants in California Agriculture: A New Cycle of Poverty: A Request for Supplement Funding to REPP and the Ford Foundation
Report provides findings and research progress in survey of Mixtec farm workers in the Western United States.
Analysis of Earnings Inadequacy in Rural US
Paper examines income variations among rural families through examining the ratio of a worker's annual earnings compared to the poverty level for a family of four.