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Download full textWarner, Paul D.; Korsching, Peter F. – 1975
By virtue of the Title V Rural Development Program, 10 paraprofessional workers were assigned, via Extension Services, to 10 counties in Appalachian Kentucky to engage in both action and research phases of community development. Extension specialists were provided to train and support the paraprofessionals in surveying local leadership,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation
Duff, Mike – 1974
Designed to help bridge the gap between selected Appalachian communities (17 control and 18 experimental Kentucky communities) and the more affluent U.S. society, the Appalachian Community Impact Project (ACIP) used indigenous paraprofessionals, backed by Extension personnel, to work at the community level. It was hypothesized that by using…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Development, Community Leaders
Tecle, Tesfai – 1975
As Ethiopia has designed and implemented numerous intensive (geographically concentrated) and minimum-package rural development programs between 1967-75, the purpose of this monograph is to: (1) trace the evolution of these package projects; (2) analyze package performances; and (3) identify the implications for Ethiopian planners and policy…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Community Involvement, Credit (Finance), Employment
Jacob, Nelson L. – 1976
Since South Carolina's Title V Community and Resource Development (CRD) project is limited to one small rural county (Williamsburg) affording careful documentation, this paper explicates South Carolina's CRD process via a social action model. This project, then, is described in terms of the following model components: (1) community initiative…
Descriptors: Committees, Community Action, Community Development, Community Resources
Wetherill, G. Richard; Buttram, Joan L. – 1976
In order to "cut through the jargon of the multifaceted field of evaluative research", 21 evaluation models representing a range of possibilities were identified (via literature review) and compared in terms of purpose and five basic phases applicable to rural development. Evaluation was defined as "the systematic examination of a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1978
Narrative and tabular data, maps, and photographs comprise this annual report for fiscal 1977 on the Appalachian Regional Commission. Among highlights reported for the year were: completion of half the mileage in the Appalachian Development Highway system, further reducing inhabitants' isolation from jobs, schools, and markets; continued reversal…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Child Development, Clinics, Community Development
1978
Narrative text, tables, maps, and photographs present an overview of the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) activities in fiscal year 1978, their past achievements, and goals for the future. The report discusses major accomplishments of 1978: nearly 56% (1700 miles) of the Appalachian Development Highways System was completed or under…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Child Development, Clinics, Community Development
