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Download full textWoodall, Thomas E. – 1969
Supported by funds from the Federal Extension Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, staff members of West Virginia University's Appalachian Center designed and implemented a 5-year experimental program designed to improve the economic conditions and the quality of living in 2 Appalachian communities. The approach was that of community and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Action, Community Involvement, Disadvantaged
Yankelovich, Skelly and White, Inc., New York, NY. – 1969
Results are presented of a study on the economic development efforts of ten rural community action agencies (CAAs). This report describes the role played by the various CAAs in the economic development of their communities: the problems faced by the different agencies, the program approaches tried and how these approaches were developed, what the…
Descriptors: Agencies, Community Action, Community Organizations, Community Resources
Galston, William A.; Baehler, Karen J. – 1995
This book synthesizes and analyzes much of the theoretical and practical literature on rural economic development and related issues from the past two decades with the aim of initiating construction of a new model for U.S. rural development policy. Part I emphasizes the national and global context within which U.S. rural development must take…
Descriptors: Community Action, Economic Change, Economic Development, Government Role
1977
Historical causes of rural poverty and general recommendations for work among rural youth in India, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand are presented in this summary of national reports given before the Rural Youth Study Group in 1976. In addition to study papers on each country, the volume contains an introduction on rural youth and…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Church Programs, Church Role, Community Action
Pulver, Glen C. – 1978
For many years, developers have placed near total reliance on increased productivity in agriculture, greater exploitation of natural resources, and the addition of new manufacturing industries as strategies for community economic development in nonmetropolitan areas. The concentration on expanding goods producing industries is unnecessarily…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Planning, Community Study
Rural Leadership: January 1980 - April 1993. Quick Bibliography Series: QB 93-51. Updates QB 91-117.
John, Patricia La Caille – 1993
This bibliography contains 163 entries related to rural and community leadership. The entries were derived from the AGRICOLA database produced by the National Agricultural Library and include journal articles, Extension bulletins, books, conference papers, and government reports. Entries cover such topics as leadership training, community…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Action, Community Leaders, Elementary Secondary Education
