Rural development generally refers to the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. Rural development has ...

An urgent reconsideration of rural development is needed for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The current strategies and patterns of rural development are failing to meet either ...

Rural Americans are confident that major problems facing their local communities can be solved in five years, but most think they cannot be fixed without outside help. So says the 2018 Robert Wood ...

Africa Today, Vol. 31, No. 1, Refugees and Integrated Rural Development in Africa (1st Qtr., 1984), pp. 7-24 (18 pages) ...

How do we build thriving rural communities in the 21st century? The labor-intensive, extractive industries paradigm that has long powered rural economies—think agriculture, manufacturing, mining, ...

The United States must rethink how it invests in rural communities. The current economic crisis in the United States requires a renewed commitment to investing in rural communities in order to ensure ...

Kai Mausch received funding from multiple organisations that fund international agricultural research. David Harris has received funding from various public institutions that support international ...

Changing Traditional Gender Roles "From Within" Rather Than "From Without" The distinctiveness of household-based approaches to training and extension is that they bring about changes in gender ...

As climate change intensifies, rural communities across Costa Rica are taking concrete steps to reduce risks and adapt to increasing climate pressures. With support from the international program ...

Since 2013, Myanmar’s National Community Driven Development Project has benefited more than 7 million people in 63 townships (approximately 20 percent of the country) and more than 12,000 villages, ...