Sharing rural research, connecting rural research stakeholders
Partager la recherche rurale et mettre en réseau ses partenaires
Source: ERS/USDA.
Researchers and policymakers focusing on rural development issues commonly use the term "frontier" to denote relatively remote and sparsely settled territory, found largely but not exclusively in the Great Plains and Intermountain West.
ERS's newly developed Frontier and Remote (FAR) area codes are both geographically detailed and adjustable within reasonable ranges to facilitate their use in diverse research and policy contexts. The initial set, based on urban-rural data from the 2000 decennial census, provides four separate FAR categories, ranging from one that is relatively inclusive (18 million FAR residents) to one that is more restrictive (4.8 million FAR residents).
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WWW: www.ers.usda.gov
Source: University of Guelph.
"In virtually all rural areas in Ontario the limited transportation alternatives means that rural residents without access to a personal vehicle are at great risk of transportation disadvantage."
"The primary research method for this research involved testing a transportation disadvantage framework using fourteen Key Informant Interviews undertaken with service providers operating within the case study of Huron County. The research found that residents within five demographic groups are at risk of transportation disadvantage within Huron County: older adults, those with physical or mental disabilities, youth, low-income households, and women. The research confirmed that transportation disadvantage exists on a continuum with some groups more disadvantaged than others, but also within groups with some accessibility needs more attainable than others."
Marr, Eric (2012). Assessing Transportation Disadvantage and Public Transportation Opportunities in Rural Ontario: A Case Study of Huron County. Rural Planning and Development. University of Guelph.
WWW: atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca
Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: HRSDC / RHDCC.
Communities have consistently requested evidence-based promising practices to provide them with tools to prevent and reduce homelessness. In order to provide such practices, the department seeks to fund research projects that will evaluate the effectiveness of prevention and reduction strategies. Deadline: February 29, 2012.
Effective prevention strategies allow youth who are at risk of homelessness to avoid the disruption caused by housing loss, while reduction strategies help the existing homeless population rise out of homelessness. There is a need for studies examining the relative effectiveness of these strategies. Such strategies need to take into account the diversity of the homeless youth population, including any mental health or addiction issues, and current living arrangements. In short, what works best and for whom? This information can help communities tailor programs to the needs of homeless and at-risk youth in their own area.
Other intervention-related issues that will be considered for the current CFP include, but are not limited to the following:
* What is the social return on investment (SROI) of a particular prevention or reduction program?
* How do social networks of family or friends contribute to intervention effectiveness?
* How do individual needs influence intervention effectiveness? How can interventions be best matched to the individual?
* How do youth who have benefited from interventions fare over the longer term? This may involve follow-up with clients who have benefited from a promising practice.
* What are effective strategies for maintaining contact with homeless youth clients who migrate between cities?
All projects should include a focus on community involvement and dissemination. Research should be applicable to other communities in Canada. Successful applicants will receive funding to enable them to deepen their understanding of youth http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhomelessness and to contribute to charting the development of effective solutions to address the issue.
Read Call for Proposals (Deadline: February 29, 2012 (23:59 Pacific Time).
Rural and Remote Homelessness.
WWW: www.hrsdc.gc.ca
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Les collectivités ont constamment demandé des pratiques prometteuses fondées sur des données probantes pour avoir des outils pour prévenir et réduire l’itinérance. Afin d’offrir de telles pratiques, le Ministère cherche à financer des projets de recherche qui évalueront l’efficacité des stratégies de prévention et de réduction.
Les stratégies de prévention efficaces permettent aux jeunes qui sont à risque d’itinérance d’éviter le dérangement causé par la perte de logement, alors que les stratégies de réduction aident la population sans abri actuelle à sortir de l’itinérance. Il faut des études portant sur l’efficacité relative de ces stratégies. Celles‑ci doivent tenir compte de la diversité de la population des jeunes itinérants, notamment les troubles de santé mentale ou les problèmes de dépendance et les conditions de vie actuelles. En résumé, qu’est‑ce qui fonctionne le mieux et pour qui? Cette information peut aider les collectivités à adapter les programmes aux besoins des itinérants et des jeunes à risque de leur région.
D’autres questions liées aux interventions qui sont prises en considération pour le présent AP incluent, entre autres :
* Le rendement social des investissements d’un programme précis de prévention ou de réduction;
* La façon dont les réseaux sociaux familiaux ou d’amis contribuent à l’efficacité de l’intervention;
* La façon dont les besoins des personnes influencent l’efficacité de l’intervention; la meilleure façon de choisir les interventions en fonction des personnes;
* La façon dont les jeunes qui ont bénéficié des interventions s’en sortent à long terme; cela peut inclure un suivi auprès des clients qui ont profité d’une pratique prometteuse;
* Les stratégies efficaces qui permettent de maintenir une communication avec les jeunes clients qui migrent vers d’autres villes.
Tous les projets devraient inclure un accent mis sur la participation à la collectivité et la diffusion. La recherche devrait pouvoir s’appliquer à d’autres collectivités au Canada. Les soumissionnaires retenus recevront du financement leur permettant d’approfondir leur compréhension de l’itinérance chez les jeunes et de contribuer à l’élaboration de solutions efficaces pour aborder le problème.
Appel de propositions.
Itinérance dans les collectivités rurales et éloignées.
WWW: www.rhdcc.gc.ca
Source: C.D. Howe Institute.
"While Canada has made progress in the past two decades in terms of lowering
high-school dropout rates, those rates remain unacceptably high for boys and
certain groups". "Immigrants, those living in rural areas and Aboriginals exhibit a worrisome lack of educational achievement compared with the Canadian average".
The author recommends strategies to address the problem. Among them: education authorities should collect and use reliable data on student performance in core subjects, and should experiment aggressively on initiatives targeted to improve education outcomes for vulnerable groups of Canadians.
Report.
WWW: www.cdhowe.org
Source: ERS/USDA.
Population loss through net outmigration is endemic to many rural areas. Over a third of nonmetro counties lost at least 10 percent of their population through net outmigration over 1988-2008.
Some of these counties have had very high poverty rates, substantial loss in manufacturing jobs, and high unemployment. Lack of economic opportunity was likely a major factor in their high outmigration. Most high net outmigration counties, however, are relatively prosperous, with low unemployment rates, low high school dropout rates, and average household incomes. For these counties, low population density and less appealing landscapes distinguish them from other nonmetro counties. Both types of outmigration counties stand out on two measures, indicating that quality-of-life factors inhibit inmigration: a lack of retirees moving in and local manufacturers citing the area’s unattractiveness as a problem in recruiting managers and professionals.
Economic Research Report No. (ERR-107) 35 pp, November 2010
By David McGranahan, John Cromartie, and Timothy Wojan
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WWW: www.ers.usda.gov
Source: OECD/OCDE.
This workshop discussed the key factors that have been successful in helping lagging regions reach national standards and in particular the role regional policies have played in areas such as human capital, infrastructure, connectivity and innovation.
The workshop was part of an overall project on Growing Lagging Regions, which is an activity of the OECD International Forum on Regional Policy, as part of the Programme of Work of the Territorial Development Policy Committee (TDPC).
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Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development.
Source: Canadian Policy Research Networks / Réseaux canadiens de recherche en politiques publiques.
This paper examines the provision of affordable housing in rural Ontario by analyzing current housing market trends in the province and in two case study communities located in southeastern Ontario.
It outlines major affordable housing issues in rural communities and obstacles that have prevented affordable housing development. The report finds that rural Ontario communities face significant challenges to encouraging affordable housing development, including the old age of many homes, current environmental legislation that limits compact multi-family dwelling development, and a limited rental housing supply that restricts the housing available to low-income households. It subsequently recommends a number of policy reforms for all levels of government to facilitate place-based approaches that meet the diverse housing needs of rural
communities.
Report.
WWW: www.cprn.org
Source: RWMC Library
This presentation is based on the findings of the research study "The Economic Disadvantage of Transportation for Women in Northern Ontario".
The research presentation was made by Siobhan O’Leary to service providers, community members and local government representatives in Scotland, Ontario in 2008.
Source: Rural Women Making Change
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Source: IDRC
The Rural Poverty and Environment Program at IDRC is announcing a call for concept notes on: Action research on ‘Value chains and the rural poor in disadvantaged regions’
The research must be located in a disadvantaged region in one of the following four RPE priority regions: the Sahel Belt of West Africa; the Nile Basin; South Asia; the Mekong Delta; or the Philippines.
Deadline is Friday 29th June 2007 by 16:00hrs (UK time).
For more information visit the following link:
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-81757-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
