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Challenges Facing Rural Economic Development

The emphasis on jobs over the last 30 years has brought to rural areas and distressed counties some degree of development. But, technological change, corporate restructuring and global competition are now changing the nature of work in rural America and causing serious problems of displacement in many communities that were the beneficiaries of post-war rural industrialization. Job losses are mounting in communities where low-skill employment has dominated the economy.

Amy Glasmeier

Full Testimony: http://www.live.psu.edu/story/21875

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