Rural America's information age: the economic future of rural communities depends on their ability to take advantage of emerging telecommunications technologies

Article Abstract:

Rural communities should learn to predict their economic future with the advent of telecommunications technologies such as the Internet, wireless telecommunications, e-commerce, electronic banking and online shopping. Although it is difficult to predict which specific technologies will succeed it is best for rural leaders to decide which aspect of the information economy will benefit a rural community's economic growth. The elements that are needed are the creation of a formal body to plan for the future, an infrastructure and people that will use the technology profitably.

Planning, Rural telecommunication, Rural telecommunications

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The territorial imperative

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The waning of agriculture as the key sector in rural areas has rendered ineffective many rural policies designed to support it. The time has come to look for new types of rural policies that could be found in a variety of packages. These new policies should enhance the ability of rural economies to innovate and improve human resources. They should also open up rural economies to regional, national and international trade. Previous policies, which relied on direct aid, failed to attain these goals.

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From New Deal to no deal

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The reform of rural policies does not imply that the US government has suddenly developed a genuine interest in the nation's natural environment or in the 25% of the total American population that live in rural areas. Policy reforms stem from federal budgetary pressures and from powerful suburban environmental interests. These reasons suggest that rural interests will once again be relegated to the background in the development of rural policies.

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