Policy

"Leadership Development for Policy Change: Strengthening Communities of Color Through Leadership Development"
PolicyLink, 2003
Dwayne S. Marsh, Milly Hawk Daniel, Kris Putnam

Getting By: Maine Livable Wages in 2002
A 2003 publication outlining county and state livable wages based on research by the Maine Center for Economic Policy.
Authors: Lisa Pohlmann and Christopher St. John, Maine Center for Economic Policy

HHS Rural Task Force Report, July 2002 (internet connection required)
Distributed by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Making Changes: Turning Local Visions into National Solutions
Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Recommendations from the Agriculture Policy Project, May 2001 (Executive Summary).
Published by: Agriculture Policy Project, Henry A. Wallace Center for Agricultural & Environmental Policy at Winrock International

A Rural Policy for our Nation: Charting a New Course for a Community - Based Approach
Final recommendations from a National Invited Dialogue Convened by Rural Policy Research Institute and the North Central Regional Rural Development Center.
Author: Chuck Fluharty, Rural Policy Research Institute and Cornelia Butler Flora, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Sociology, Iowa State University and Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development

Swept Away: Chronic Hardship and Fresh Promise on the Rural Great Plains
A Socio-Economic Study of the Rural Great Plains
Author: Jon Bailey and Kim Preston, Center for Rural Affairs

Why Invest in Rural America - and How? A Critical Public Policy Question for the 21st Century
Author: Karl N. Stauber, Ph.D., Northwest Area Foundation