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, ...

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 ...

ural development globally faces interconnected challenges, including poverty, food insecurity and lack of economic opportunities, inadequate infrastructure and the impacts of climate change. These ...

WELSH nationalists have demanded a rural development strategy for Wales to tackle rural poverty and drive rural growth. Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Senedd member Cefin Campbell set out ...