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2 months ago | 
brookings.edu | Anthony F. Pipa |Adam Aley
Following President Trump’s executive order on unleashing American energy signed on his first day in office, over $900 million of grants distributed through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) and appropriated in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) were frozen, affecting a significant number of rural small businesses and farmers.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
lawfaremedia.org | George Ingram |Anthony F. Pipa |Jonathan D. Katz
Published by The Lawfare Institute
in Cooperation With
Today’s episode is a recording of Feb. 3 livestream that Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson hosted with George Ingram and Tony Pipa, both Senior Fellows in Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution, and Jonathan Katz, Senior Director of the Anti-Corruption, Democracy, and Security project also at Brookings—all three of whom are also alumni of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
lawfaremedia.org | George Ingram |Jonathan D. Katz |Anthony F. Pipa
Published by The Lawfare Institute
in Cooperation With
On Feb.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
brookings.edu | Mark Muro |Anthony F. Pipa
President Donald Trump signed an avalanche of executive orders on his first day in office, consuming policymakers’ and the media’s attention. Meanwhile, former President Joe Biden’s very last executive order on economic policy—issued on January 19, the last full day of his tenure—has gone relatively unnoticed. Yet Biden’s order—on “helping left-behind communities make a comeback”—merits attention.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
brookings.edu | Anthony F. Pipa
As the Trump administration prepares to take power in Washington, Senior Fellow Tony Pipa, host of the Reimagine Rural podcast, looks at what has happened in rural policy under the Biden administration and what shifts in federal policy and emphasis might ensue under President Trump. No matter what changes come, Pipa notes, local communities will continue to solve problems locally. This episode is a replay of an interview Tony did on The Current podcast in late December.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Anthony F. Pipa
With the major-party nominations for vice president featuring two candidates with authentic rural roots, prospects seemed promising for a policy debate during the campaign about the role that the federal government can play in helping rural America prosper. Yet neither of the moderators during the vice-presidential debate on October 1 even uttered the word “rural,” and despite the forum’s much-praised focus on substance, none of it touched specifically on rural policy.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Anthony F. Pipa
The importance of public investment, and the difficulty rural places have in accessing it, are recurring themes in the stories we gather for the podcast. Communities often lack the time and staff to navigate the maze of available resources and match them to their project plans and aspirations. Policymakers are beginning to recognize that strengthening local rural capacity is a key to unlocking the investment that these communities need to thrive.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Anthony F. Pipa
Innovation and entrepreneurship are fundamental to America’s national identity, yet they are commonly associated with big cities and areas like Silicon Valley. As we’ve encountered numerous times in past episodes, rural America is full of innovation and home to countless examples of ingenuity.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Anthony F. Pipa
Innovation and entrepreneurship are fundamental to America’s national identity, yet they are commonly associated with big cities and areas like Silicon Valley. As we’ve encountered numerous times in past episodes, rural America is full of innovation and home to countless examples of ingenuity.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Anthony F. Pipa
Rural America is facing a national affordable housing crisis, and nearly half of rural renters are rent-burdened. With the unique characteristics and challenges of housing in rural America, but also with policy solutions that are often designed for urban and suburban communities, rural communities are pursuing innovations in collaboration, financing, and construction to meet their residents’ needs.
