AscendRural, which funds and facilitates rural pilots for tech startups, today announced a new collaborative partnership with research and data source the Center for Rural Policy & Development (CRPD), ...

Ambassador Mohan Pieris, President’s Counsel, has been serving as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York since January 2021. Prior to his appointment, Ambassador ...

The blog highlights and summarizes a policy brief written by Catherine Brinkley, an associate professor of Human Ecology and Director of the Center for Regional Change at UC Davis, and M. Anne Visser, ...

An academic known for his research on rural economic development is calling on lawmakers to include support for the nonfarm ...

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 ...

Water Valley, Mississippi, has created a new projects such as a restaurant, brewery, and coding school, to invigorate its downtown. Photo by Mickey Howley EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is excerpted from ...

Over the past decade, the strengthening of data systems has significantly improved governance, especially at the grassroots.

Rural Kentucky stands at an economics crossroads. Balancing Kentucky’s energy portfolio and rural development can restore those communities and chart a new path forward. With the elections this ...

Vietnam’s ethnic policy stands at a turning point, shifting focus from short-term support to building long-term development ...