Infrastructure Investment and rural economic development: An Evaluation Of USDA's broadband loan program

Growth and Change

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-191

  Kandilov, Ivan T ^a   Renkow, Mitch ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; INVESTMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77954090831     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2010.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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