The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development is dedicated to research-based information that helps create regional prosperity through entrepreneurial and cluster-based innovation, while assuring balanced uses of natural resources in livable communities in the northeastern United States.

The Rappaport Institute Policy Notes Database contains information on new and recent policy-related scholarly research about Greater Boston. The database allows users to search for articles, reports, and student theses by author, keyword or by one of 18 different subject areas, which include education, economic development, public finance, and social services. More information about these issues is available at IssueSource, an online database produced by MassInc and the State House News Service that "gives citizens basic, background information on Massachusetts politics and policy news stories."