Leistritz, F.L. (author / North Dakota State University), Johnson, B.B. (author / University of Nebraska), Allen, J.C. (author / University of Nebraska), Olsen, D. (author / University of Nebraska), and Sell, R.S. (author / North Dakota State University)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 104 Document Number: C09020
Gum, R. (author), Tronstad, R. (author), and Philocomp, a Port Angles, Washington, consulting firm; Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08632
America’s rural-urban divide seemingly has never been greater, a point reinforced by large geographic disparities in support for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. But it is also the case that big cities and rural communities are more tightly integrated than ever and are increasingly interdependent, both economically and socially. This new rural-urban interface is highlighted in this collection of articles, which are organized and developed around the general concept of changing symbolic and social boundaries. Rural-urban boundaries—how rural and urban people and places are defined and evaluated—reflect and reinforce institutional forces that maintain spatial inequality and existing social, economic, and political hierarchies. This volume makes clear that rural-urban boundaries are highly fluid and that this should be better reflected in research programs, in the topics that we choose to study, and in the way that public policy is implemented.
9 pages., Author reports on the benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of agricultural trade promotion, observing an average of $10 return from $1 invested and noting that funds allocated to such promotion have been relatively small. ... "Given the high BCRs to export promotion...as reported by several studies, increased funding to those underfunded programs could produce rather dramatic results..."
