The Rural Partners Network places community liaisons in underserved rural areas that have historically faced challenges accessing and managing federal grants and resources. America’s rural communities ...

MACOMB, IL - - The Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) at Western Illinois University recently hosted the 34th annual Rural Community Economic Development Conference at the end of February in ...

Runners and spectators crowd the streets of Millinocket, Maine, for the annual marathon. The town is trying different approaches -- including recreational development -- to create a stronger economy.

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, ...

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 development is a continuous process that goes beyond infrastructure, requiring innovation, new production methods, and community transformation. This perspective was underscored by Lê Minh Hoan, ...

It reaffirms the General Assembly’s unwavering commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This declaration, steeped in the spirit of international solidarity, acknowledges the ...

Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Ghana of blessed memory, introduced a brilliant strategy for the development of the rural areas in Ghana; and backed this strategy with ...

Recently, the chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Rt. Hon. Wole Oke, representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State, gave a good account of the policy ...