Geographic Targeting Issues in the Delivery of Rural Development Assistance

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英文名称：

Geographic Targeting Issues in the Delivery of Rural Development Assistance

作者：

Richard Reeder; Faqir Bagi

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=44474

关键词：

Rural development;  rural policy;  community development;  guaranteed loans;  Federal funds; 

年份：

2010

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

33 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

This report uses analysis of the geographic distribution of Federal funding to discuss potential tradeoffs for distressed rural areas when shifting from one form of rural development assistance to another, particularly when shifting to greater use of Government-guaranteed loans. The study also uses correlation analysis to document the extent of targeting rural development programs to highly rural areas and to rural areas experiencing distress in the form of poverty, low employment, and population decline. Findings indicate that distressed rural areas might fare worse than other nonmetro areas with some kinds of shifts, such as reducing grants and direct Government loans to fund increases in guaranteed loans. The effects on distressed areas would depend on the form of distress, the programs involved, and how they are targeted geographically.