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Policy Briefs and White Papers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Craig Thomas R-Hope Act - PDF
Craig Thomas R-Hope Act

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