Source: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI submitted to NRP
RURAL POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
SPECIAL GRANT
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0203609
Grant No.
2005-34255-15769
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
2005-06156
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Jun 15, 2005
Project End Date
Jun 14, 2006
Grant Year
2005
Program Code
[GC]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
(N/A)
COLUMBIA,MO 65211
Performing Department
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Non Technical Summary
Emergent public policy issues are of a critical concern for rural America. This project conducts and facilitates dialogue designed to assist policymakers in understanding the rural impacts of public policies.
Animal Health Component
40%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
20%
Applied
40%
Developmental
40%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
6106010301010%
6106010308015%
6106020301010%
6106020308015%
6106050301010%
6106050308015%
6106099301010%
6106099308015%
Knowledge Area
610 - Domestic Policy Analysis;

Subject Of Investigation
6010 - Individuals; 6020 - The family and its members; 6099 - People and communities, general/other; 6050 - Communities, areas, and regions;

Field Of Science
3010 - Economics; 3080 - Sociology;
Goals / Objectives
The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) provides objective analysis and facilitates public dialogue concerning the impacts of public policy on rural people and places.
Project Methods
The collection and archiving of numerous information sources into a central data system for instant retrieval/analysis. Policy studies are written and shared with policy decision makers at national, regional, state and local levels.

Progress 06/15/05 to 06/14/06

Outputs
The Rural Policy Research Institute is a multi-state interdisciplinary research consortium whose mission is to provide objective analysis and facilitate public dialogue concerning the impacts of public policy on rural people and places. Since receiving CSREES funding in 1991, RUPRI has developed a unique collaborative research approach that delivers ongoing, timely and decision-relevant policy analysis to policymakers at all levels. RUPRIs 2006 program of work is intended to address unique rural policy research and education challenges not being undertaken elsewhere. RUPRI national centers and initiatives will continue to provide key policy analysis and research regarding the rural differential in specific sectors: health, entrepreneurship, telecommunications, poverty, community colleges, information systems, community modeling, state and regional governance, and additional policy issues. In 2006, RUPRI will address two major national and international policy issues, with critical impact on rural people and places, The Farm Bill. As with each Farm Bill for the last 15 years, RUPRI will continue to play a major research role in the design, development and evaluation of the Rural Development Title of the 2007 Farm Bill. International Trade Issues. As globalization alters the efficacy of rural economies everywhere, domestic policy decisions are increasingly affected by international trade dynamics. RUPRI will expand its collaborative research program with many partners to assess the rural implications of international trade agreements.

Impacts
The Rural Policy Research Insititute provides objective policy analysis on the rural impacts of public policy. The Rural Policy Research Insititute provides objective policy analysis on the rural impacts of public policy.

Publications

  • Gierisch, Bobby. 2005. Briefs describing and evaluating Louisiana Governors Office of Rural Development, Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs, Rural Maryland Forum, and North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center (revised)
  • Stark, Nancy. 2005. Effective Rural Governance: What Is It? Does It Matter? RGI framing paper posted on the RUPRI Web site
  • Crandall, Mindy S. and Bruce A. Weber. 2005. Trickling Down: Does Local Job Growth Reduce Poverty? RPRC Working Paper No. 05-01.
  • Partridge, Mark D. and Dan S. Rickman. 2005. Persistent Pockets of Extreme American Poverty: People or Place Based? RPRC Working Paper No. 05-02.
  • Sherman, Jennifer. 2005. Men Without Sawmills: Masculinity, Rural Poverty, and Family Stability. RPRC Working Paper No. 05-03.
  • Fisher, Monica. 2005. Why is U.S. Poverty Higher in Nonmetropolitan than Metropolitan Areas? Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. RPRC Working Paper No. 05-04.
  • Davis, Liz, and Stacie Bosley. 2005. The Impact of the 1990s Economic Boom on Less-Educated Workers in Rural America. RPRC Working Paper No. 05-05.
  • Gunderson, Craig. 2005. Are the Effects of the Macroeconomy and Social Policies on Poverty Different in Rural America? RPRC Working Paper No. 05-06.
  • Crowley, Martha L., Daniel T. Lichter, and Zhenchao Qian. 2005. Beyond Gateway Cities: Economic Restructuring and Poverty Among Mexican Immigrant Families and Children. RPRC Working Paper No. 05-07.
  • Berube, Alan. 2005. The Tax Code as Social Policy in Rural America. RPRC Working Paper No. 05-08.
  • Weber, Bruce. 2005. Poverty, Policy, and Place: A Symposium, International Regional Science Review, 28(4).
  • Weber, Bruce, Leif Jensen, Kathleen Miller, Jane Mosley, and Monica Fisher. 2005. A Critical Review of Rural Poverty Literature: Is There Truly a Rural Effect?, International Regional Science Review, 28(4).
  • Crandall, Mindy S. and Bruce A. Weber. 2005. Poverty in the West: Changing Fortunes from 1990 to 2000. Western Economics Forum, 4(1): 25-34.
  • Fisher, Monica. 2005. On the Empirical Finding of a Higher Risk of Poverty in Rural Areas: Is Rural Residence Endogenous to Poverty? Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 30(2): 185-199.
  • Fisher, Monica. 2005. Is Rural Residence Endogenous to Poverty? A Reply. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 30(2): 202-204.
  • Dabson, Brian 2005. Enhancing the Value of the Rural Experience through Improved Connectivity. Contribution to the Center for Social Development Wealth Building in Rural America Project.
  • Miller, Kathleen K. & Brian Dabson 2005. Age as Asset: The Contribution of Youth and Retirees to Rural Well-Being. Contribution to the Center for Social Development Wealth Building in Rural America Project.
  • Miller, Kathleen K. 2005. Immigrants in Rural America: finding A Foothold, Creating a Home. Contribution to the Center for Social Development Wealth Building in Rural America Project.
  • Schumacher, Jean & Ann Ulmer 2005. Successful Examples of Wealth Building in Rural Areas. Contribution to the Center for Social Development Wealth Building in Rural America Project.
  • Johnson, Thomas G., Dan Otto, and Steve Deller. 2005. Community Policy Analysis Modeling.
  • National Rural Network. 2005. Why Rural Matters: The Rural Impact of the Administrations FY-6 Budget Proposal.
  • Strover, S. and Mun, S. 2006 Democracys stake in innovation. In special issue of Government Information Quarterly on Wireless Communications.
  • Strover, S. and McDowell, S. Co-Editors. 2006. Special Issue of Government Information Quarterly on Wireless Communications
  • Reid, Mary Beth and Stephen G. Katsinas 2005. The Nursing Shortage and Rural Community Colleges in Economically Distressed Regions of the U.S. Preliminary results presented to RUPRI
  • Miller, Kathleen K. 2005. State Demographic and Economic Profile Series.
  • P2005-1. Mueller KJ, Coburn AF, MacKinney AC, McBride TD, Slifkin RT, & Wakefield MK. 2005. Impacts of the Medicare Modernization Act on rural health systems and beneficiaries.
  • PB2005-2. Mueller KJ, & Bottsford L. 2005. Preparing for Medicare Part D: An opportunity for state offices of rural health and state rural health associations.
  • Shambaugh-Miller, M. 2005. Sentinel communities in rural America: Monitoring and improving the rural policy-place interface.
  • Hart JP, Mueller KJ, Fraser-Magin R, Skinner, AM, & Nardie S. 2005. Rural diabetes care management programs: An inventory of sample programs in six states.
  • Mueller KJ, & A. MacKinney C. 2005. Care across the continuum: Access to health care services in rural America. Journal of Rural Health 22(1), 43-49.
  • Mueller KJ, Coburn AF, MacKinney AC, McBride TD, Slifkin RT, & Wakefield MK. 2005. Understanding the impacts of the Medicare Modernization Act: Concerns of congressional staff. Journal of Rural Health, 21(3), 194-197.
  • Mueller KJ, McBride TD, Andrews C, Fraser R, & Xu L. 2005. The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: A model for competition in rural America? Journal of Rural Health, 21(2), 105-113.
  • Mueller KJ, McBride TD. 2005. Changes in the Medicare program: Meeting new challenges in rural health care delivery. In Goins RT, et al., Best Practice in Service Delivery to the Rural Elderly.
  • Deborah Markley, Don Macke, and Vicki Luther. 2005. E2 Energizing Entrepreneurs: Charting a Course for Rural Communities.
  • Don Macke, Deborah Markley, and Erik Pages. 2005. Enterprise Facilitation in Kansas: Lessons and Recommendations.
  • Brian Dabson. 2005. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Rural America, Economic Development America.
  • Fulcher, Christopher. 2005. Mapping the Losses: The Early Childhood Atlas. Proceedings of the Rural Early Childhood Forum on Hurricane Recovery and Emergency Preparedness, Mobile, AL.
  • Fulcher, Christopher and Catherine Kaukinen. 2005. Mapping and Visualizing the Location of HIV Service Providers: An Exploratory Spatial Analysis of Toronto Neighborhoods. AIDS Care. 17(3):386-396.
  • Franken, Jason, Joe Parcell, Michael Sykuta, and Christopher Fulcher. 2005. Grain Market Integration: Case Studies of Structural Change. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 34: 1-14.
  • Kaukinen, Catherine and Christopher Fulcher. 2005. Mapping the Social Demography and Location Of HIV Services Across Toronto Neighbourhoods. Health and Social Care in the Community.