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Download full textStenberg, Peter L. – 2000
The revolution in telecommunications technology will be a driving force in the future economic growth of rural areas. Federal and state universal service policies requiring delivery of service to rural areas were major factors in how the telephone system evolved during the 20th century. In the 1990s, telephone penetration rates were similar for…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Hispanic Americans, Internet
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Ames, IA. – 1998
A combined report of the four Regional Rural Development Centers (RRDCs) and their partners focuses on selected outreach and research activities, projects, and accomplishments in fiscal year 1997. The report is organized around five topics identified as key issues for the mid 1990s: (1) improving economic competitiveness, diversity, and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Natural Resources
Summers, Gene F.; And Others – 1974
Utilizing 178 case study documents on U.S. plant locations in the rural Midwest and South between 1945 and 1974, consideration was given to the impact of industrial development on population dynamics, private and public sectors, and the quality of well being in the host communities. Thirty-one empirical generalizations were derived from the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Demography, Economic Change
