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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

To further the Chilean Government’s decentralization efforts and expand rural infrastructure into the highly dispersed and hard-to-reach rural populations, this project developed a novel territorial ...

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 ...

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: ...

The Department of Agriculture will not be shy about asking Congress for help on cybersecurity and IT, the agency’s undersecretary for rural development nominee told senators Wednesday. Smith co-signed ...

Addis Ababa, March 9, 2026 (ENA)—Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has described a newly developed rural corridor village in Ethiopia ...