Author: Amy GlasmeierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rural development
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The Role of Service Industries in Rural Economic Development
Author: Amy GlasmeierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rural development
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Structural Change and Economic Development
Author: Norman GemmellPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Structural change, economic development, service sector, case study, Egypt - public sector, private sector, tax system and financing of public services, economic growth, employment. Bibliography, graphs, statistical tables.
Service-led Growth
Author: Dorothy I. RiddlePublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Rural Economic Development in the 1980's
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. Agriculture and Rural Economy DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic forecasting
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The High-tech Potential
Author: Amy GlasmeierPublisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Rural America is at a crossroads in its economic development. Like regions of other First World nations, the traditional economic base of rural communities in the United States is rapidly deteriorating. Natural resources, including agriculture, show little prospect for generating future job growth, and manufacturing has become a new source of instability. Faced with these changes and an increasing vulnerability to international economic events, rural communities have begun to seek high-technology industries and advanced services as candidates for job growth and economic stability.What is the potential for high-tech growth outside the largest cities? What is the role of high-tech industry in the economic development of non-metropolitan America? This book provides a hard-nosed look at the high-tech potential in rural economic development. Some of the questions Glasmeier addresses include: Are rural areas attractive to high tech? Will high tech follow earlier patterns and filter down the lowest-paid jobs to rural areas? Will rural communities be bypassed completely for even lower-wage Third World locations?Glasmeier answers in a sober analysis that separates fact from myth. Empirical data reveals the kinds of high-tech jobs that locate in rural areas, and the kinds of rural areas that attract high-tech jobs. This analysis leads to a highly critical evaluation of state and local economic development policy and recommendations for its improvement. This book is a must for policymakers, practitioners, scholars, and an informed public interested in the promise of high tech and the future of US economic development.
Rural Economic Development in the 1980's
Author: Rural Development Perspectives
Author: From Combines to Computers
Author: Amy K. GlasmeierPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791422007
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Through an analysis of national data and detailed case studies, From Combines to Computers examines how the transition to a service economy is playing out for rural America. It answers two important questions: Will services fill the gap left by lost farming, manufacturing, and mining jobs? And will services stabilize, even revitalize, rural areas? Glasmeier and Howland document the intraregional spatial patterns and trends of services in the national economy, compare services in urban and rural communities, and identify the potential and limitations of rural development strategies based on services. In particular, they document the growing dominance of branch plants, the displacement of mom-and-pop enterprises, and the declining access to services for residents in the least populated rural areas. The authors conclude that services are unlikely to be the basis of widespread sustainable development unless policies are designed to help firms and communities compete successfully in an increasingly global and information-based economy
The Service Sector and Rural America
Author: Mark D. MenchikPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Service industries
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Both nationally and in rural America, the service sector is the fastest growing sector in the economy. It is also the least understood, which is unfortunate because its role in creating jobs and enhancing the quality of life may make it a prime component of rural development policies. Other essays in this volume consider specific service industries (such as health, education, and government); we therefore cast a broader net here, examining trends and background concepts that are common among service industries and that distinguish the service sector from the rest of the economy. Next we raise issues underlying the service sector's rural roles. If (as is likely) the service sector continues to grow, how may rural economies and other aspects of rural life be affected? What problems, opportunities, and choices does this pose for government decisionmakers? Finally, we explore how changing service technologies and transport cost may influence rural access to services. (Author).
Attracting economic growth for the rural economy
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small BusinessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.