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Download full textStrover, Sharon – 1999
A positive relationship has been found between access to telecommunications capabilities and improved economic development. However, the deployment of systems that deliver toll-free Internet access favors urban regions. This research examines Internet service providers' (ISP) operations in rural portions of Texas, Iowa, Louisiana, and West…
Descriptors: Competition, Information Technology, Internet, Policy Analysis
Ghebremedhin, Tesfa G.; Armand-Golden, Tammy – 1988
The shifting structure of production agriculture in Louisiana, characterized by technological change and economic growth, has created problems for farmers, forcing them either to get large, get out of farming, or get off-farm work to survive. A survey of 142 farmers living in parishes surrounding the Baton Rouge metropolitan area indicates…
Descriptors: Blacks, Employment Opportunities, Family Income, Farmers
Cleland, Charles L., Ed. – 1982
The first part of this report contains a case study from each of the eight southern states participating in a late 1970s project which focused primarily on the organization of rural counties for making decisions that affect the well-being of county residents. In the second section, the study counties (identified as low income in 1950) are placed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizen Participation, Community Attitudes, Decision Making
