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 ...

This paper argues that approaches to understanding local institutions for natural resource management based on “critical institutionalism” (Cleaver 2012), which emphasises the importance of ...

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 ...

Driving mechanism of influencing factors of the coupling coordinated development of rural population-land-industry. Note: The area of the circle represents the magnitude of the determining force.

Many of the world’s impoverished communities rely on the environment for their livelihoods. Dominant livelihood approaches focus on increasing incomes and trigger processes that disregard underlying ...

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

MANILA, JANUARY 12, 2018 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved US$ 170 million of additional financing for the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), designed to boost ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Afghanistan Rural Enterprise Development Program (AREDP) has improved employment opportunities and income of target rural dwellers in Afghanistan. The program supports rural poor people by: ...