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 ...

USDA marks 90 years since the Rural Electrification Act, highlighting $10.4 billion in recent RUS investments to strengthen rural electric infrastructure nationwide.

The use of technology in implementation is expected to improve transparency and accountability. Real-time monitoring systems, ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a technical assistance program for water infrastructure in early March 2026 designed to help rural communities update and repair aging water ...

The well water treatment plant that services the neighbors of the Flemington Road community located in Wilmington, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Randall Hill) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ...

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 ...

As South Africa marks 30 years of democracy, millions in rural communities still face poverty, weak infrastructure, land ...