Partridge, Mark D.; Olfert, M. Rose; Ali, Kamar - In: Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy 39 (2009) 2
Despite the large sums of money spent to ostensibly support rural areas since the 1930s, a framework for assessing U.S. and Canadian rural policy is conspicuously absent, and thus there is little basis for assessing effectiveness of public policy and public expenditures in this area. The purpose...