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Rogers, David L., Ed.; Whiting, Larry R., Ed. – 1978
The 1975 conference on Alternative Methods for Public Policy Research in Rural America was held to improve research and design methods for the study of public policy issues in rural development so that research can be more readily used by policy makers. The preface to the conference papers discusses theories offered to explain low utilization of…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Decision Making, Economic Development, Housing
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1984
Testimonies were heard in reference to the administration's annual rural development policy report and H.R. 5024, the Rural Development Reorganization Act of 1984. The bill provides that the Department of Agriculture shall be known as the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, transfers the administration of certain conservation programs…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Agriculture, Farm Management
PDF pending restorationNational Rural Center, Washington, DC. – 1979
An 18-month National Rural Community Facilities Assessment Study, commissioned by the Farmers Home Administration and conducted by Abt Associates, Inc. will assess community facilities serving rural populations and identify the types and extent of investment in facilities necessary to provide an adequate flow of services to these populations. In…
Descriptors: Communications, Community Services, Costs, Delivery Systems
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1978
Recommendations by task forces at the Appalachian Balanced Growth and Economic Development Conference in 1977 to the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) resulted in ARC's adoption of six resolutions which are listed in this supplement. Specific recommendations were made under the following resolution headings: (1) legislation for a national…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Change Strategies, Economic Development, Energy
Robbins, Frances – 1972
This report reviews the legislative progress through December 31, 1971 of the rural development bills introduced in the U.S. Senate and House during the first session of the 92d Congress. For purposes of organization, this report presents 15 major rural development categories and limits this review to those bills and bill categories directed at…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Federal Legislation, Fire Protection
Rural America, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1977
Recommendations which emerged from the Second and Third National Conferences on Rural America are presented in this revised platform of principles and policy recommendations for rural America. Major goal of the document is to find practical solutions to problems facing rural people so that strategies of rural revitalization and action can be…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Change Strategies, Community Development, Conference Reports
Carter, Keith A.; And Others – 1978
A research project in nine Iowa counties attempted to show local level decision makers how to use social indicator data to improve quality of life and increase accountability in policy making. Tools presented were descriptive social reporting (a mechanism for organizing descriptive, time series, social indicator data) and systematic needs…
Descriptors: Accountability, Attitudes, Community Leaders, Decision Making
Carter, Jimmy – 1979
The Carter Administration is adopting a Small Community and Rural Development Policy because: (1) rural America's human and natural resources are a mainstay of the nation's economy and way of life; (2) many rural areas are in the midst of significant economic and demographic change; (3) rural people and communities have greater unmet basic human…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Size, Cooperation, Delivery Systems
