Report of the Council on Library and Network Development on regional organizations for interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing : the development of multitype library systems in Wisconsin.

WI docs. no.: Ed.3/2:3226

Report on village improvement and rural economic development in Trinidad and Tobago.

Bibliography: p. [41-42]

Appalachian regional development act of 1964. Hearings before the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Appalachian Regional Development of the Committee on Public Works. House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, second session on H. R. 11065 and H. R. 11066 to provide public works and economic development programs and the planning and coordination needed to assist in the development of the Appalachian Region.

Hearings held May 5-June 11, 1964.

Community-based volunteer management : a quick reference guide for rural community and economic development leaders /

"This publication is available from IIRA in print and on the IIRA website."--T.p. verso.

A Thirst for history : an assessment of the compatibility of federal rural development programs and historic preservation /

"Contract #53-3157-9-0026"--Prelim. p. [i].

Industrial employment and other factors in selecting an area for rural development : survey of 8 Southeastern States /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 38).

Hearing to review food aid and agriculture trade programs operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development : hearing before the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, May 10, 2007.

"Serial no. 110-21."

Hearing to review U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development programs and the agency's rural development proposals for the 2007 farm bill : hearing before the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, March 21, 2007.

"Serial no. 110-6."

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies appropriations bill, 2007 : report (to accompany H.R. 5384).

"June 22, 2006."

Foreign assistance : U.S. Food Aid Program to Russia had weak internal controls : report to the ranking minority member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives /

"B-286196"--P. 3.

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies appropriations.

Represents hearings before the Committee during the 95th- Congress, beginning with the second session.

Family average income and body mass index above the healthy weight range among urban and rural residents in regional Mainland China

Objective: To explore the relationship between family average income (FAI; an index of socio-economic status) and body mass index (BMI; a widely used, inexpensive indicator of weight status) above the healthy weight range in a region of Mainland China. Design: Population-based cross-sectional study, conducted between October 1999 and March 2000 on a sample of regular local residents aged 35 years or older who were selected by random cluster sampling. Setting: Forty-five administrative villages selected from three urban districts and two rural counties of Nanjing municipality, Mainland China, with a regional population of 5.6 million. Subjects: In total, 29 340 subjects participated; 67.7% from urban and 32.3% from rural areas; 49.8% male and 50.2% female. The response rate among eligible participants was 90.1%. Results: The proportion of participants classified as overweight was 30.5%, while 7.8% were identified as obese. After adjusting for possible confounding variables (age, gender, area of residence, educational level, occupational and leisure-time physical activity, daily vegetable consumption and frequency of red meat intake), urban participants were more likely to be overweight or obese relative to their rural counterparts, more women than men were obese, and participants in the lowest FAI tertile were the least likely to be above the healthy weight range. Conclusions: The proportion of adults with BMI above the healthy weight range was positively related to having a higher socio-economic status (indexed by FAI) in a regional Chinese population.

Multilingualism and local-global identities: Japanese language education in rural Australia

The purpose of this article is to examine the value accruing to a regional area in Australia from the location of an undergraduate Japanese language education program in a university in that area. The focus is on the manner in which the inclusion of such a program enhances the sustainability of the area. Sustainability is here defined as the resilience demonstrated by social subjects in the absence of the full range of services available in more densely populated and resource advantaged areas. Such resilience implies an ongoing capacity on the part of subjects to contribute productively to social and economic networks in the area. The discussion includes two cases of graduates of the program under review. On the basis of these cases, the argument is advanced that local regional and rural area access to a tertiary sector second language program offers a unique and valuable strategic dimension to the personal and professional development of social agents in regional areas and to the sustainability of these areas generally.