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  • Workforce Development Networks in Rural Areas of the United States

    Thematic area: Economic and Workforce Development

    Gary Paul Green, University of Wisconsin

    September 2003, Number 1

    This premier issue, written by Gary Green at the University of Wisconsin, examines how workforce development networks are organized, why employers and community colleges participate in them, and the factors influencing their success.

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  • Children and Poverty in the Rural South

    Thematic area: Economic and Workforce Development

    Rosalind P. Harris and Julie N. Zimmerman, University of Kentucky

    November 2003, Number 2

    This report examines child and family poverty within the rural South, the forces that perpetuate poverty, and the long term consequences of poverty for children, families, communities and the region as a whole.

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  • Population, Employment and Mobility in the Rural South

    Thematic area: Rural-Urban Interface

    Mitch Renkow, North Carolina State University

    February 2004, Number 3

    This article discusses recent trends in population and employment growth in the South and the attendant impacts on rural communities. The South is no exception to the nationwide phenomenon of deconcentration of people and jobs, a phenomenon that bears very significant consequences both for the residents of rural communities and the local governments that provide (and must pay for) essential public services.

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