Rural Development Strategy: 1990s Contexts and Constraints

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Article

Publication Date

1996

Publication Title

Maine Policy Review

Abstract

This essay sets the framework for an on-going research project on “Human resources for sustainable rural development in Maine,” sponsored by the Maine Center for Economic Policy. For all its unique features and qualities, Maine is subject to the same national and international economic forces and the same federal budget cuts and policy reforms that are causing economic shocks to all of rural America. This essay describes key trends and changes of the recent past which will shape rural Maine’s economic future and constrain the state’s strategic options. The essay is meant as a problem statement on which to build a research agenda, not as a completed project.

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