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 ...
Extreme poverty is mainly a rural phenomenon. Four of every five people below the $1.90-a-day international income poverty line lived in rural areas in 2013 (Castañeda and others, 2018). Over the last ...
Aksu showcases China’s rural revitalization through smart farming, automation, youth entrepreneurship, and innovation.
Paul Toomey is the President of Geographic Solutions. He's an expert in labor market data, workforce development and unemployment insurance. I see workforce development in rural America at a ...
Plans to ease restrictions on one-off rural housing are an overtly populist move and exacerbate a “two-tier” housing system, according to a leading economics researcher at UCC. The national planning ...
Building, maintaining, and operating a water and sewer system is generally the most expensive item on a small town’s budget. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Water and Waste Disposal Program is a ...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a loan of $140 million to expand climate resilient irrigation, strengthen food systems, create jobs and support ...