Under Secretary Glen Smith highlights Rural Development investments in infrastructure, broadband, housing and economic ...

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 ...

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers a road map for increasing access to science, technology, engineering, and math education opportunities and ...

Geneva, Switzerland (ILO News) - As part of the 2025 ILO Academy on Rural Development, held online, the ILO Cooperative, Social and Solidarity Economy Unit (COOP/SSE), hosted a “Coffee with Experts” ...

A considerable number of people live in rural areas in Bangladesh, about 62% of the total population in Bangladesh. Globalization has made significant changes in both rural and city lives. While some ...