Rural economic development in the 1980's
Subtitle: preparing for the future
Series: ERS staff report -- no. AGES 870724
Publisher: Agriculture and Rural Economy Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Subjects: Economic forecasting; Rural development projects; Rural conditions; Economic policy
Notes: Cover title.

"July 1987."

Col. map laid in.

Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Rural change and the rural economic policy agenda for the 1980's / David L. Brown and Kenneth L. Deavers; title: The role of rural workers in the national economy / David A. McGranahan; title: Performance of the rural manufacturing sector / Leonard E. Bloomquist; title: Performance of the agricultural sector / Donn Reimund and Mindy Petrulis; title: The performance of natural resource industries / Bruce A. Weber, Emery N. Castle, and Ann L. Shriver; title: Prospects for service sector employment growth in nonmetro America / James P. Miller and Herman Bluestone; title: Human resource base of rural economies / Linda L. Swanson and Margaret A. Butler; title: The economic performance of rural labor markets / Molly Sizer Killian and Thomas F. Hady.; title: Rural policy objectives : defining problems and choosing approaches / J. Norman Reid and Richard W. Long; title: The impact of macroeconomic policies on rural employment / James R. Malley and Thomas F. Hady; title: Unanticipated consequences of government programs on rural economic development / Ted K. Bradshaw and Edward J. Blakely; title: Agricultural programs : their contribution to rural development and economic well-being / David H. Harrington; title: Public infrastructure and economic development / William F. Fox; title: Financial aid programs as a component of economic development strategy / Daniel L. Milkove and Patrick J. Sullivan; title: Human resource policies and economic development / Peggy J. Ross and Stuart A. Rosenfeld.; title: The significance of community development to rural economic development initiatives / Vernon D. Ryan; title: Choosing a rural policy for the 1980's and '90's / Kenneth L. Deavers.