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Title
Rural Conditions and Trends
Author(s)
USDA ERS
Subject(s)
Issue Date
1999
Publication Type
Journal Article
DOI and Other Identifiers
10.22004/ag.econ.329325
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/329325
Language
English
Published in
Rural Conditions and Trends
Volume
10
Issue
1
Note
Overview: Key Changes Involve Transportation, Emergency Farm Aid, Training, and Public Housing; General Assistance: New Impetus for Several General Assistance Programs; Infrastructure Assistance: Transportation Programs Receive Big Funding Increases; Business Assistance: Microlending Is Latest Trend in Business Assistance; Housing Assistance: Federal Public Housing Programs are Overhauled; Transportation Reauthorization: TEA-21 Authorizes Record Funding for Highways and Transit Through 2003; Training and Vocational: Training and Vocational Education Programs Are Revised; Emergency Agricultural Assistance: Legislation Boosts Farm Assistance to Highest Level Since 1993; Tax Policy: Additional Farm Tax Relief Among New Tax Measures; Regulatory Policy: Regulatory Policy Affects Rural Development in Many Areas; Appendix A: Rural Share of Selected Programs; Appendix B: Data Sources and Definitions