Rural Development Perspectives, Vol. 12, No. 3

Douglas E. Bowers

Rural Development Research Report No. (RDP-Vol. 12 No. 3) April 2001

About this magazine

Nontechnical articles on the results of new rural research and what those results mean. Shows the practical application of research in rural banking, aging, housing, the nonmetro labor force, poverty, and the effect of farm policies on rural areas. Contact: dbowers@ERS.USDA.gov.

In this report ...

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• Frontmatter
• Overcoming Persistent Poverty And Sinking Into It: Income Trends in Persistent-Poverty and Other High-Poverty Rural Counties, 1989-94
• Rural Labor Markets Often Lead Urban Markets in Recessions and Expansions
• Rural Industry Clusters Raise Local EarningsRural Industry Clusters Raise Local Earnings
• Commuting and the Economic Functions of Small Towns and Places
• Rural Areas in the New Telecommunications Era
• Industrial Uses of Agricultural Products Such as Crambe Play a Role in Rural Community Development
• Sustaining a Rural Black Farming Community in the South: A Portrait of Brooks Farm, Mississippi
• RDP Book Reviews

• Entire report

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Updated date: April 2001