Exploring Policy Options for a
New Rural America

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• Preface

• Exploring Policy Options for a New Rural America -- A Conference Summary
  Mark Drabenstott and Katharine H. Sheaff

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Keynote Address

• Why Invest in Rural America--and How?
    A Critical Public Policy Question for the 21st Century
  Karl N. Stauber      

• General Discussion  

Growing the New Rural Economy

• Supporting Rural Entrepreneurship
  Brian Dabson
• Going Digital in Rural America  
  Edward J. Malecki   
• Financing the New Rural Economy 
  Deborah M. Markley

• Growing the New Rural Economy--General Discussion 

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Re-Invigorating the Traditional Economy

• Strategic Alliances and Cooperatives Aiding in Rural Development in North America  
  Larry Martin and Kate Stiefelmeyer    
• Networks and Clusters: The Yin and Yang of Rural Development
  Stuart A. Rosenfeld
• Leveraging Amenities for Rural Development: Direction, Dialogue, and Negotiation
  Mario Pezzini and Timothy R. Wojan

• Re-Invigorating the Traditional Economy--General Discussion

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Moving from Options to Policy: Rethinking Rural Policy Governance

• England's New Rural Governance
  Richard Wakeford
• Rethinking Partnership in Development Policies: Lessons from a European Policy Experiment
  Fabrizio Barca

• Moving from Options to Policy: Rethinking Rural Policy Governance--General Discussion

Conference Overview Discussion

• Exploring Policy Options for a New Rural America: Conference Synthesis
  Stanley Johnson  

• General Discussion

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• Contributors

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