The consultations for the National Rural Development Plan have been revised to involve a wider cross-section of the public, ...

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 ...

Businesses that take a strategic approach to design are up to eight times more likely to develop innovative products than those that don't, according to a study by scientists from Penn State's College ...

PUTRAJAYA: Rural development must be managed with a corporate mindset to ensure that every ringgit spent generates value for ...

The small town of Truman, population 1,000, has new owners giving renewed life to the China House Cafe. In Blue Earth, population 3,200, three long-vacant buildings in the downtown are poised to have ...

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 ...

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 USDA Rural Development is a lifeline to economically depressed rural towns where Trump is popular but the Trump Administration has damaged the agency. It's been a turbulent couple of months at the ...

Access to energy is critical to sustainable development and poverty reduction efforts and key to achieving the MDGs. Currently, of the three billion people living in rural areas in developing ...