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Bagi, Faqir S.; Reeder, Richard J.; Calhoun, Samuel D. – Rural America, 2002
One third of rural Appalachian counties are distressed. Central Appalachia has particularly high poverty, unemployment, and dropout rates. Appalachia received more per capita federal funds than the U.S. average, but only in urban areas. Appalachia received less than average funding for community resources and human resources, which create jobs and…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Federal Aid, Poverty, Poverty Areas
Reeder, Richard J.; Calhoun, Samuel D. – Rural America, 2002
The Lower Mississippi Delta region, especially the rural Delta, faces many economic challenges. The rural Delta has received much federal aid in basic income support and funding for human resource development, but less for community resource programs, which are important for economic development. Federal aid to the Delta is analyzed in terms of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Federal Aid, Low Income Counties, Poverty
