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Product Archives
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Perspectives Newsletter
Policy Briefs and White Papers
Poverty and Welfare Reform
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Speech
State Profiles
Telecommunications
Testimony
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Maps
- Map: Counties in which 20% or more of the Population is Age 65 or Older - PDF
- Counties with 20% or more of population age 65 of higher, by CBSA status.
May 20, 2009
- Map: Counties with Median Age of 50 or Older - PDF
- Counties with a median age of 50 or higher, by CBSA status.
May 20, 2009
- Map: Per Capita Income in Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2007 - PDF
- Per capita income in nonmetropolitan counties relative to the U.S. per capita income in 2007.
May 13, 2009
- Map: Percent Change in Per Capita Income in Nonmetropolitan Counties 2006-2007 - PDF
- Percent change in income in nonmetropolitan counties 2006 to 2007 (adjusted for inflation).
May 13, 2009
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Perspectives Newsletter
- Perspectives Newsletter Volume 5, Winter 2008-09 - PDF
- The State of Human Services in Rural America
- Access to Social Services in Rural America
- Rural Communities: Good for Studying Neighborhood Effects and Social Mobility
- Volume 4, Number 3: August 2007 - PDF
- Entrepreneurship, Social and Political Capital, and Rural Poverty
- Changes in Concentrated Poverty in Metro and Nonmetro Areas
- Child Care Subsidy Use in Rural and Urban Oregon
- New Views on Causes of Rural Poverty
- Volume 4, Number 2: June 2007 - PDF
- Rural Residence: Cause or Effect of Poverty?
- States' Role in Alleviating Rural Poverty
- Rural Community Transformation: A Social Justice Approach
- Volume 4, Number 1: January 2007 - PDF
- Rural Families Choose Home-Based Child Care
- Leaving and Losing Jobs: The Plight of Rural Low-Income Mothers
- Coping with Poverty: Economic Survival and Moral Capital in America
- Volume 3, Number 4: Winter 2006 - PDF
- Inequality in Rural Mobile Home Parks: Life on the Wrong Side of the Tracks
- Effects of Social Networks among Rural Single Mothers on Welfare and Employment
- The Differing Effects of the Economy and Social Policies on Poverty in Nonmetro and Metro Areas
- Theories of Poverty and Antipoverty Programs in Community Development
- Volume 3, Number 3: Fall 2005 - PDF
- Using the Tax Code as Social Policy in Rural America
- Economic Benefits to Mexicans Emigrating beyond U.S. Gateway Communities
- The Effectiveness of Job Growth in Lowering Poverty in Persistent Poverty Counties
- New Report Outlines Available Data for Rural Research
- Volume 3, Number 2: Summer 2005 - PDF
- Rural Poverty in the Northeast: Global Forces and Individual Coping Strategies
- Obstacles to Employment among Poor Rural Women
- The Push and Pulls behind Residential Mobility of Low-Income Families in Upstate New York
- Work, Welfare, and the Informal Economy in the Rural Northeast
- Volumbe 3, Number 1: Spring 2005 - PDF
- Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice: The Western Rural Poverty Conference
- Poverty in the Rural West
- Responding to the Complex Causes of Poverty in the Northwest
- Welfare-to-Work Strategies in Rural Areas
- Volume 2, Number 4: Winter 2005 - PDF
- The Effect of Job Growth, Social Capital, and Surrounding Conditions on Neighborhood Poverty
- The Effects of Welfare Reform on Employment and Poverty in Rural and Urban Counties
- Revisiting the Rural Disadvantage in Poverty
- Innovative Programs for Rural TANF Clients
- Volume 2, Number 3: Fall 2004 - PDF
- The Dfining Characteristics of Regional Poverty
- 2004-2005 RUPRI RPRC Undergraduate Leadership Program in Rural Poverty Research and Policy
- Families Facing Material Hardship by Region and Urban-Rural Locales
- The Changing Face of the Rural Poor
- A Community-Based Research Framework
- Volume 2, Number 2: Summer 2004 - PDF
- Employer-Provided Training in Low-Wage Jobs
- 2004-2005 RUPRI RPRC Dissertation Fellowship Awardees
- The Impact of the 1990s Economic Boom on LEss-Educated Workers in Rural and Urban America
- 2003-2004 RUPRI RPRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Awardees
- The Work-Welfare Calculation in Rural and Urban Households
- Solving Food Insecurity in Rural Iowa
- Volume 2, Number 1: Spring 2004 - PDF
- How Poverty and Policy are Shaped by Place
- What we Know about the Causes of Rural Poverty
- Drawing Lessons from Urban Poverty Research
- Influencing Policy
- Volume 1, Number 4: Winder 2004 - PDF
- Tribal TANF: A Case Study of the Klamath Tribes of Oregon
- Welfare Policy on American Indian Reservations: Two Approaches, Two Outcomes among the Lakota of South Dakota
- Economic Conditions Improve but Hardship Still Prevalent among the Navajo, Apache, and Pima Maricopa American Indians in Arizona
- Lessons Learned from Implementing Tribal TANF Programs
- Core-Based Statistical Areas: A New Approach to Organizing Data Across the Urban-Rural Continuum
- 2003-2004 RPRC Undergraduate Leadership Program Awards
- Volume 1, Number 3: Fall 2003 - PDF
- Cost-Of-Living Diverences and Poverty Thresholds
- Adjusting Poverty Thresholds for Cost of Living Differences
- Estimating Metro-Nonmetro Cost of Living Differentials Using Food Insecurity as a Measure
- Is the Cost of Living Lower in Rural Pennsylvania?
- Volume 1, Number 2: August 2003 - PDF
- Beyond Poverty Rates: Why Depth and Severity of Poverty Matter When Comparing Rural and Urban Poverty
- 2003-2004 RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Dissertation Fellowships
- Addressing Person and Place to Alleviate Rural Poverty
- Welfare Reform in California's Agricultural Counties
- Volume 1, Number 1: May 2003 - PDF
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- Still Left Behind, but Gaining Ground: Rural Poverty in America
- Persistent Poverty in Rural America
- Measuring Rurality
- Employment Obstacles in Rural America
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Policy Briefs and White Papers
- A Snapshot of the President's Budget FY 2010: What's In It For Rural America? - PDF
- An overiew of the President's FY2010 Budget and the implications for Rural America, by RUPRI President and CEO Brian Dabson
May 12, 2009
- The President's Budget FY 2010: What's In It For Rural America? - PDF
- Analysis of the FY2010 Budget Proposal
by RUPRI President Brian Dabson
March 3, 2009
- 2008 Presidential Election Results for Nonmetropolitan Counties: Electoral Shifts and Trends - PDF
- Kathleen K. Miller, Program Director and Charles W. Fluharty, Vice President for Policy Programs
November 24, 2008
- Visions of the Rural Milieu: United States - PDF
- Paper by Brian Dabson, RUPRI President and CEO
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
International Workshop of Experts, July 8-9, 2008, Costa Rica
Contribution of Agriculture and the Rural Milieu to Sustainable Development and Food Security in the New International Context.
- Rural-Urban Interdependence: Why Metropolitan and Rural America Need Each Other - PDF
- Paper prepared for The Blueprint for American Prosperity, Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution.
Brian Dabson, RUPRI President and CEO
November 2007
- Economic Impacts of Direct Farm Payments and Business and Industry Loan Guarantees - PDF
- RUPRI Farm Bill Policy Brief #3
Thomas G. Johnson, Dennis Robinson, and Kathleen Miller
October 15, 2007
- Why Rural Development Investments are Critical to the Future of America's Farm Families - PDF
- Seven Considerations for Committee Review
Presented by RUPRI to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
October 3, 2007
- Philanthropy and Rural Policy: Reframing the Way Forward - PDF
- A background briefing report to the National Rural Funders Collaborative (NRFC) in preparation for a consultative dialogue with the U.S. foundation community interested in national rural policy issues.
February 2007
- What Does Finland Have that We Don't? - PDF
- RUPRI Farm Bill Policy Brief #2.
Wayne Myers, MD, 2006-07 RUPRI Policy Fellow
- Targeting Rural Populations based on Urbanized Area Geographies - PDF
- RUPRI Farm Bill Policy Brief #1
Kathleen K. Miller, RUPRI Program Director and Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President
- Rural Governance Report - PDF
- Eight Priniciples for Effective Rural Governance...And How Communities Put Them into Practice
Report by the RUPRI Rural Governance Initiative
July 2006
- Effective Rural Governance: What is it: Does it Matter - PDF
- Briefing Paper by Nancy Stark, Director of the RUPRI Rural Governance Initiative
June 2005
- Critical Review of the IC2 Institute Report - PDF
- The Certified Capital Companies Economic Development Innovation: Missouri's Experience To Date
Policy Brief from the RUPRI Rural Equity Capital Task Force
March 2000
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Poverty and Welfare Reform
- Access to Social Services in Rural America: The Geography of the Safety Net in the Rural West - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #08-01, June 2008
Scott W. Allard and Jessica Cigna
- Assessing Community Capacity in Rural America: Some Lessons from Two Rural Observatories - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #07-02, August 2007
Alex Marre and Bruce Weber
- Participation and Employment Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Users in Rural and Urban Oregon - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #07-01, February 2007
Elizabeth E. Davis, Deana Grobe, and Roberta B. Weber
- Gender, Race, and Employer-Provided Job Training in Low Wage Jobs - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-01, February 2006
Gary P. Green
- A Community Based Framework for Understanding Problems and Exploring Alternatives - PDF
- Connecting Underemployment, Poverty and Access to Health Care in the Mississippi Delta
RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-02, February 2006
John J. Green and Albert B. Nylander
- We're Like the Wrong Side of the Tracks: Upscale Suburban Development, Social Inequality, and Rural Mobile Home Park Residence - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-03, February 2006
Katherin A. MacTavish
- Work and Welfare Strategies Among Single Mothers in Rural New England: The ROle of Social Networks and Social Support - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-04, February 2006
Sally Ward and Heather Turner
- Theories of Poverty and Anti-Poverty Programs in Community Development - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-05, February 2006
Ted K. Bradshaw
- Work, Welfare, and the Informal Economy: An Examination of Family Livelihood Strategies in Rural Pennsylvania - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-06, February 2006
Tim Slack
- The Role of Social Capital in Poverty Alleviation in Native American Reservation Communities - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-07, February 2006
Kathleen Pickering, David Mushinski, and John C. Allen
- The Tax Code as Social Policy in Rural America - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-08, December 2005
Alan Berube
- The Impact of the 1990s Economic Boom on Less-Educated Workers in Rural America - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-05, June 2005
Liz Davis and Stacie Bosley
- Are the Effects of the Macroeconomy and Social Policies on Poverty Different in Rural America? - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-06, June 2005
Craig Gunderson
- Beyond Gateway Cities: Economic Restructuring and Poverty Among Mexican Immigrant Families and Children - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-07, June 2005
Martha L. Crowley, Daniel T. Lichter, and Zhenchao Qian
- Men Without Sawmills: Masculinity, Rural Poverty, and Family Stability - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-03, May 2005
Jennifer Sherman
- Why is U.S. Poverty HIgher in Nonmetropolitan than Metropolitan Areas? Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-04, May 2005
Monica Fisher
- Trickling Down: Does Local Job Growth Reduce Poverty? - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-01, March 2005
Mindy Crandall and Bruce Weber
- Persistent Pockets of Extreme American Poverty: People or Place Based? - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-02, January 2005
Mark D. Partridge and Dan S. Rickman
- Urban and Rural Differences in Utilization of State Earned Income Tax Credit Programs: Minnesota's Experience - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-08, December 2004
Donald P. Hirasuna and Thomas F. Stinson
- Local Social and Economic Conditions, Spatial Concentrations of Poverty, and Poverty Dynamics - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-04, August 2004
Mindy S. Crandall and Bruce A. Weber
- Poverty over Time and Location: An Examination of Metro-Nonmetro Differences - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-05, August 2004
John M. Ulimwengu and David S. Kraybill
- Policy Intervention and Poverty in Rural America - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-06, August 2004
Hema Swaminathan and Jill L. Findeis
- The Cumulative Effect of Rural and Regional Residence Upon the Health of Older Adults - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-07, August 2004
Jessica S. Ziembroski and Erica L. Hauck
- On the Empirical Finding of a Higher Risk of Poverty in Rural Areas: Is Rural Residence Endogenous to Poverty? - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-09, August 2004
Monica Fisher
- Poverty and Place: A Critical Review of Rural Poverty Literature - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-03, June 2004
Bruce Weber and Leif Jensen
- Conference Synthesis: Place Matters: Addressing Rural Poverty - PDF
- Synthesis of the RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Conference: Place Matters: Addressing Rural Poverty
April 2004
- Poverty, Policy and Place: How Poverty and Policies to Alleviate Poverty Are Shaped by Local Characteristics - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-02, March 2004
Rebecca M. Blank
- Does Economic Vulnerability Depend on Place of Residence? Asset Poverty Across the Rural-Urban Continuum - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-01, March 2004
Monica G. Fisher and Bruce A. Weber
- Persistent Poverty Across the Rural-Urban Continuum - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #03-01, July 2003
Kathy Miller and Bruce Weber
- Rural Poverty and Rural-Urban Income Gaps: A Troubling Snapshot of the - PDF
- RUPRI Data Report
Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director and Thomas Rowley, RUPRI Fellow
July 2002
- Welfare Reform in Rural America: A Review of Current Research - PDF
- Policy Brief from the RUPRI Rural Welfare Reform Research Panel
February 2, 2001
- Rural America and Welfare Reform: An Overview Assessment - PDF
- Policy Breif from the RUPRI Rural Welfare Policy Panel
February 10, 1999
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Rural Health Panel Documents
- A Rural Perspective/Commentary Regarding Transforming the Health Care Delivery System from the Senate Finance Committee - PDF
- Full Report: Commentary from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel regarding "Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs" from the Senate Finance Committee (April 2009)
May 26, 2009
- Executive Summary: A Rural Perspective/Commentary Regarding Transforming the Health Care Delivery System - PDF
- Executive Summary: Commentary from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel regarding "Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs" from the Senate Finance Committee (April 2009)
May 26, 2009
- Narrative Table: A Rural Perspective/Commentary Regarding Transforming the Health Care Delivery System - PDF
- Narrative Table: Commentary from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel regarding "Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs" from the Senate Finance Committee (April 2009)
May 26, 2009
- Health Care Reform 2009: Rural Considerations - PDF
- The RUPRI Rural Health Panel, as part of their ongoing efforts to highlight the rural considerations in health care reform, held a briefing with the Senate Rural Health Caucus on Thursday, April 30. The Panel laid out considerations for:
- Access to Affordable Insurance
- System Capacity
- High-Value Health Care System
- Health Status Disparities
- System Quality
- CMS Value Based Purchasing Program and Critical Access Hospitals - Full Report - PDF
- CMS Value Based Purchasing Program and Critical Access Hospitals. Report from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel.
January 2009
- CMS Value Based Purchasing Program and Critical Access Hospitals - Summary - PDF
- CMS Value Based Purchasing Program and Critical Access Hospitals, Summary Recommendations. From the RUPRI Rural Health Panel.
January 2009
- RUPRI Health Panel Response to CMS' Report to Congress: Plan to Implement a Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program - PDF
- New document from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
October 2008
- Summary of RUPRI Rural Health Panel Value Based Purchasing Recommendations - PDF
- Summary of recommendations from the RUPRI Health Panel in response to CMS Report to Congress: Plan to Implement a Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program
October 2008
- Implementing a new USDA Rural Development Program Targeting Small Rural Hospitals and their Communities - PDF
- New Policy Brief from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel funded through a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development.
March 2008
- Medicare Advantage Plans in Rural America - PDF
- Issue Brief from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
October 2007
- Bridging Rural Health Research and Policy: Dissemination Strategies - PDF
- Report from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
August 2007
- Choosing Rural Definitions: Implications for Health Policy - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Health Panel Issue Brief #2
Andrew F. Coburn, A. Clinton MacKinney, Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller, Rebecca T. Slifkin, and Mary K. Wakefield
March 2007
- Medicaid and Its Importance to Rural Health - PDF
- Issue brief from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
May 2006
- The Institue of Medicine Rural Health Report: Next Steps in Legislation and Programs - PDF
- Policy Paper from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
February 2006
- Impacts of the Medicare Modernization Act on Rural Health Systems and Beneficiaries - PDF
- Policy Paper from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
February 2005
- An Assessment of Proposals for a Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Benefit: The Rural Perspective - PDF
- Policy Paper from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
January 2003
- Comments on the June 2001 Report of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: Medicare in Rural America - PDF
- Report by the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
September 2001
- Redesigning Medicare: Considerations for Rural Beneficiaries and Health Systems - PDF
- Special Monograph from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
May 2001
- Update on Medicare+ Choice: Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Enrolled in Medicare+ Choice Plans througth October 2000 - PDF
- Policy Brief from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
March 2001
- Rural Implications of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Health Panel Policy Document P2001-3
January 15, 2001
- Redesigning the Medicare Program: An Opportunity to Improve Rural Health Care Systems? - PDF
- Report from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
August 2000
- Designing a Prescription Drug Benefit for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: Principles, Criteria, and Assessment - PDF
- A Joint Policy Paper of the Maine Rural Health Research Center and the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
August 2000
- Area Wage Index of the Medicare Inpatient Hospital Prospective Payment System: Perspecitves, Policies, and Choices - PDF
- Policy Report from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
Guest Author Anthony Wellever
August 2000
- Improving Prescription Drug Coverage for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: Key Rural Considerations and Objectives for Legislative Proposals - PDF
- A Joint Policy Paper of the Maine Rural Health Research Center and the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
June 2000
- Report on Enrollment: Rural Medicare Beneficiaries in Medicare+Choice Plans - PDF
- Policy Brief from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
June 2000
- Calculating and Using the Area Wage Index of the Medicare Inpatient Hospital Prospective Payment System - PDF
- Policy Brief from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
Guest Author Anthony Wellever
June 2000
- Rural Assessment of Leading Proposals to Redesign the Medicare Program - PDF
- Report from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
May 2000
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Speech
- Rural Definitions - PDF
- Overview of rural definitions and their implications, by Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director.
March 2009
- Keynote Speech to the Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation - PDF
- Keynote Speech by RUPRI President and CEO Brian Dabson to
The Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation 40th Anniversary Celebration.
Somerset, Kentucky
August 5, 2008
- Rural Policy - The Long View and What You Can Do About It - PDF
- Presentation by RUPRI President Brian Dabson to the Association for Enterprise Opportunity 1st Annual Rural Summit.
Anaheim, CA, May 20, 2008
- Rural America: Conditions and Trends - PDF
- Presentation by Marcie McLaughlin, RUPRI Director of Constituent Relations, to the National Governors Association.
May 13, 2008
- Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development - PDF
- Presentation by RUPRI President Brian Dabson to the Australian Regional Economies Conference
Terrigal, NSW, May 11-13, 2008
- What Reporters Should Know About Rural Residents - PDF
- Presented by Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President Emeritus, to the 2008 Rural Health Journalism Workshop, May 2, 2008, Columbia, MO.
- Where Does the North Country Symposium Go From Here? - PDF
- A Global and National Perspective on Rural Policy and Practice.
Charles Fluharty, RUPRI President Emeritus
Presented to the 6th Annual North Country Symposium.
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, April 9, 2008
- Rethinking the Role of Higher Education in Rural Development - PDF
- Presented by Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President Emeritus
Mid Michigan Community College
October 26, 2007
- Reframing the Relationship Between Rural and Ag Policy: A Farm Bill Update - PDF
- Presented by Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President Emeritus
Central Michigan University
October 25, 2007
- New Strategies for Texas' Economies - PDF
- Presented by Mark Drabenstott, Director of RUPRI's Center for Regional Competitiveness to the Texas Rural Innovators Forum in Austin, TX.
September 2007
- Challenges Facing Rural Areas - PDF
- Presented by RUPRI Program Director Kathleen Miller at the Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network Workshop:
Effective Service Delivery for TANF Clients in Rural Areas
Salt Lake City, UT
May 23, 2007
- Leading the Rural Renaissance: Accepting the R.D. Challenge! - PDF
- Presented by RUPRI President Charles W. Fluharty to the Iowa State USDA Rural Development Meeting
Des Moines, Iowa
April 3, 2007
- Rural Policy as Though Rural People and Places Mattered: A Bridging Model Across the Rural Policy / Practice Chasm - PDF
- Presentation by RUPRI President Charles W. Fluharty to the Texas Rural Innovators Forum
Bastrop, TX
March 20, 2007
- Rural Development Opportunities in the Next Farm Bill: Aligning Rural Initiatives and Ag Policies in a Regional Rural Innovation System - PDF
- Presentation by RUPRI President Charles W. Fluharty at the NADO 2007 Washington Policy Conference
Washington, D.C.
March 13, 2007
- Crafting a Way Forward: The Rural/URban Dynamic in Regional Competitiveness - PDF
- Presentation to the OECD/Scottish Executive Conference: Investment Priorities for Rural Development by Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President.
October 2006
- An Opportunity in the New Farm Bill - PDF
- Can Rural Initiatives and Farm Programs Be Aligned? Presentation to the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, 2006 NCSL Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, by Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI Director
August 2006
- Getting to There from Here: Rural and Regional Developmment - PDF
- Presentation to the National Association of Regional Councils 40th Annual Conference: Regional Readiness Responding to Change, by Brian Dabson, RUPRI Executive Vice President.
June 2006
- A New Rural Vision: Policy as though Rural Communities and People Mattered - PDF
- Presentation to Cultivating Hope, Harvesting Action: The 6th Regional Conference on Rural Poverty and Social Change, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, by Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President.
June 2006
- Why Entrepreneurship? A Vision and Policy Pointers for Maine - PDF
- Presentation to the Enterprise Development Works! Policy Forum, Augusta, Maine, by Brian Dabson, RUPRI Executive Vice President.
June 2006
- No Hiding Place - PDF
- Presenation to the ECOP Leadership Advisory Council by Brian Dabson, RUPRI Executive Vice President.
May 2006
- Competitiveness, Entrpreneurship and Governance in Rural America - PDF
- Presentation to the Mississippi Entrepreneurial Alliance Conference, Oxford, MS, by Brian Dabson, RUPRI Executive Vice President.
May 2006
- Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation in Greater Minnesota - PDF
- Presentation to the RED Group Conference, Minneapolis, MN, by Brian Dabson, RUPRI Executive Vice President.
April 2006
- Current U.S. Rural Policy Framework: Toward a Regional Rural Innovation Strategy - PDF
- Speech to the International Seminar on Rural Development and the Agroalimentary Sector: Future Strategies
Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI Director
March 25, 2006
Queretaro, Mexico
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State Profiles
- Alabama State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Alabama
February 13, 2009
- Florida State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Florida
February 13, 2009
- Maryland State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Maryland
February 13, 2009
- New Jersey State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for New Jersey
February 13, 2009
- Rhode Island State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Rhode Island
February 13, 2009
- Demographic Profile - Nonmetro U.S. - PDF
- Demographic and Economic Profile of the Nonmetro U.S.
Prepared for the Ag Chairs Summit
January 2009
- Virginia State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Virginia
February 9, 2009
- Wyoming State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Wyoming
February 9, 2009
- Vermont State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Vermont
February 9, 2009
- Colorado State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Colorado
February 9, 2009
- Connecticut State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Connecticut
February 9, 2009
- Delaware State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Delaware
February 9, 2009
- Arizona State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Arizona
February 3, 2009
- Arkansas State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Arkansas
February 3, 2009
- Hawaii State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Hawaii
February 3, 2009
- Tennessee State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Tennessee
February 3, 2009
- New Hampshire State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for New Hampshire
February 3, 2009
- South Carolina State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for South Carolina
February 3, 2009
- New York State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for New York
January 26, 2009
- Utah State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Utah
January 26, 2009
- Washington State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Washington
January 26, 2009
- West Virginia State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for West Virginia
January 26, 2009
- Alaska State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Alaska
January 26, 2009
- California State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for California
January 12, 2009
- Georgia State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Georgia
January 12, 2009
- Kansas State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Kansas
January 12, 2009
- Louisiana State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Louisiana
January 12, 2009
- Minnesota State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Minnesota
January 12, 2009
- Illinois State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Illinois
January 12, 2009
- Michigan State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Michigan
January 12, 2009
- Oklahoma State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Oklahoma
January 12, 2009
- North Dakota State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for North Dakota
December 31, 2008
- Pennsylvania State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Pennsylvania
December 31, 2008
- South Dakota State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for South Dakota
December 31, 2008
- Wisconsin State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Wisconsin
December 31, 2008
- Idaho State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Idaho
November 11, 2008
- Kentucky State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Kentucky
November 11, 2008
- Massachusetts State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Massachusetts
November 11, 2008
- New Mexico State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for New Mexico
November 11, 2008
- North Carolina State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for North Carolina
November 11, 2008
- Mississippi State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Mississippi
October 24, 2008
- Montana State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Montana
October 24, 2008
- Nebraska State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Nebraska
October 24, 2008
- Nevada State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Nevada
October 24, 2008
- Oregon State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Oregon
October 24, 2008
- Ohio State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated state profile for Ohio
October 24, 2008
- Texas State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Texas
October 10, 2008
- Missouri State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Missouri
October 10, 2008
- Indiana State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Indiana
October 10, 2008
- Iowa State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Iowa
October 10, 2008
- Maine State Profile Update - PDF
- Updated State Profile for Maine
October 10, 2008
- Maryland - PDF
- Maryland Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006
- New Jersey - PDF
- New Jersey Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006
- Rhode Island - PDF
- Rhode Island Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006
- Vermont - PDF
- Vermont Demographic and Economic Profile, updated November 2006
- New Hampshire - PDF
- New Hampshire Demographic and Economic Profile, updated October 2006
- Oklahoma - PDF
- Oklahoma Demographic and Economic Profile, updated October 2006
- South Carolina - PDF
- South Carolina Demographic and Economic Profile, updated October 2006
- Virginia - PDF
- Virginia Demographic and Economic Profile, updated October 2006
- Wyoming - PDF
- Wyoming Demographic and Economic Profile, updated October 2006
- Michigan - PDF
- Michigan Demographic and Economic Profile, updated September 2006
- Tennessee - PDF
- Tennessee Demographic and Economic Profile, updated September 2006
- Kansas - PDF
- Kansas Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006
- Louisiana - PDF
- Louisiana Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006
- Minnesota - PDF
- Minnesota Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006
- New York - PDF
- New York Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006
- Utah - PDF
- Utah Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006
- Washington - PDF
- Washington Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006
- Kentucky - PDF
- Kentucky Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006
- Massachusetts - PDF
- Massachusetts Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006
- New Mexico - PDF
- New Mexico Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006
- North Carolina - PDF
- North Carolina Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006
- North Dakota - PDF
- North Dakota Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006
- Ohio - PDF
- Ohio Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006
- Pennsylvania - PDF
- Pennsylvania Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006
- South Dakota - PDF
- South Dakota Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006
- West Virginia - PDF
- West Virginia Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006
- Wisconsin - PDF
- Wisconsin Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006
- Iowa - PDF
- Iowa Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006
- Maine - PDF
- Maine Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006
- Mississippi - PDF
- Mississippi Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006
- Montana - PDF
- Montana Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006
- Nebraska - PDF
- Nebraska Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006
- Nevada - PDF
- Nevada Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006
- Oregon - PDF
- Oregon Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006
- Missouri - PDF
- Missouri Demographic and Economic Profile, updated April 2006
- Texas - PDF
- Texas Demographic and Economic Profile, updated April 2006
- Alabama - PDF
- Alabama Demographic and Economic Profile, updated January 2007
- Alaska - PDF
- Alaska Demographic and Economic Profile, updated August 2006
- Arizona - PDF
- Arizona Demographic and Economic Profile, updated August 2006
- Arkansas - PDF
- Arkansas Demographic and Economic Profile, updated August 2006
- California - PDF
- California Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006
- Colorado - PDF
- Colorado Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006
- Connecticut - PDF
- Connecticut Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006
- Delaware - PDF
- Delaware Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006
- Indiana - PDF
- Indiana Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006
- Illinois - PDF
- Illinois Demographic and Economic Profile, updated September 2006
- Idaho - PDF
- Idaho Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006
- Hawaii - PDF
- Hawaii Demographic and Economic Profile, updated September 2006
- Georgia - PDF
- Georgia Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006
- Florida - PDF
- Florida Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006
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Telecommunications
- RUPRI Comments on Broadband Initiatives in the ARRA - PDF
- RUPRI Comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on Broadband Initiatives in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- Rural Broadband - PDF
- A RUPRI Policy Brief by Brian Dabson and Jennifer Keller
December 10, 2008
- Rural America In the Digital Age: Policy Brief - PDF
- Policy Brief from the RUPRI Telecommunications Panel
August 13, 2003
- Rural America in the Digital Age: Report - PDF
- A Preliminary Assessment of the State of the Information / Telecommunications Infrastructure in Ten Counties of North Dakota and Pennsylvania
Jorge Reina Schement and Marsha Ann Tate
August 13, 2003
- Defining the Challenge of Broadband Deployment in Rural Areas - PDF
- Report by Stephen D. McDowell and Shree Venkatachalam
RUPRI Rural Telecommunications Panel
January 2003
- Rural Implications of H.R. 1542: The Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001 - PDF
- Policy Brief by Sharon Strover, Chair of the RUPRI Telecommunications Panel
July 11, 2001
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Testimony
- House Rural Development Hearing March 31, 2009 - PDF
- Written statement for the record.
Dr. Deborah M. Markley, Managing Director and Director of Research, RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives
Committe on Agriculture
Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture
March 31, 2009
- RCCA Testimony in House RD Hearing March 31, 2009 - PDF
- Written statement for the record.
Dr. Randy Smith, President of the Rural Community College Alliance
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives
Committe on Agriculture
Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture
March 31, 2009
- Testimony Before the House Agriculture Committe - PDF
- Written Statement for the Record: Testimony by RUPRI Director of Policy Programs Charles W. Fluharty
before the United States House of Representatives, Committee on Agriculture
Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development and Foreign Agriculture
July 23, 2008
- Testimony before the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development and Foreign Agriculture - PDF
- Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President
Written statement for the record
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives
Committe on Agriculture
Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development and Foreign Agriculture
March 21, 2007
- Senate Ag Committee Testimony - PDF
- Writtent statement for the record by Charles W. Fluharty - testimony before the Senate Ag Committee regarding the Rural Development Title of the new Farm Bill.
February 13, 2007
- Testimony before the Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives - PDF
- Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI Director
Written Statement for the Record.
March 30, 2006.
- Testimony before the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management - PDF
- Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI Director
Written Statement for the Record
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management
U.S. House of Representatives
March 17, 2005
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Other
- Regionalism, Assets, and Entrepreneurship: The Future of Rural Economies - PDF
- Chapter by Brian Dabson in Looking Forward, the 10th anniversary publication for the Funder's Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities.
April, 2009
- Rural America in Deep Downturn - PDF
- A RUPRI Rural Economic Update from the RUPRI Center for Regional Competitiveness, March 27, 2009.
- The Importance of a Healthy Rural Economy - PDF
- Data Brief by RUPRI Program Director Kathleen Miller
February, 2009
- Data Brief: Racial and Ethnic Composition of the Population - PDF
- Data brief by Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director
August, 2008
- Data Brief: County Per Capita Income, 2006 - PDF
- Data Brief by Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director
May 22, 2008
- Nonmetro America: Conditions & Trends - PDF
- Report prepared for the National Governors Association
May 13, 2008
Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director
- Why Rural Matters III - PDF
- The Rural Impacts of the Administration FY08 Budget Proposal
From the National Rural Network
March 2007
- Urban/Rural Areas and CBSAs - PDF
- Internal Working Paper
Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director
August 2006
- Overview of the Coalition of State Policy Centers - PDF
- Bobby Gierisch, Director of RUPRI State Policy Programs
August 2006
- Micropolitan Areas Overview - PDF
- Internal Working Paper
Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director
July 2006
- Rural Centers in the South - PDF
- Profiles of Rural Centers in the South. Prepared by Bobby Gierisch, Director of RUPRI State Policy Programs for the Southern Legislative Conference
July 2006
- The Minnesota Model for Rural Development - PDF
- Bobby Gierisch, RUPRI Director for State Policy Programs
July 2006
- State Rural Initiatives - Where the Money Comes From - PDF
- Prepared by Bobby Gierisch, Director of RUPRI State Policy Programs for the Fourth Annual Agriculture Chairs Summit.
January 2006
- stimulus - PDF
- Stimulus overview
- Craig Thomas R-Hope Act - PDF
- Craig Thomas R-Hope Act
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