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AAEC-4324: Rural and Regional Development Policy

Description: Description of rural areas, their economic structure, and conditions for broad-based economic development. Emphasis on the role of markets in the development process. Introduction to tools to evaluate policies and programs, identify distributional impacts, identify appropriateness for long-term sustainable development, and analyze tradeoffs between policy goals. Alternatives to public financing in rural areas.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: AAEC-1005 and AAEC-3004

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 14

Average GPA: 2.95 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 19.94%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 3.28%

Jeffrey R Alwang202233.6%32.5%22.2%3.8%3.9%3.8%2.8812
Bradford F Mills202338.5%57.7%3.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.311
Kate A Vaiknoras201654.9%42.0%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.501

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