This paper argues that approaches to understanding local institutions for natural resource management based on “critical institutionalism” (Cleaver 2012), which emphasises the importance of ...

The concept of smart villages encapsulates a holistic approach to rural development by harnessing digitalisation, innovative technologies and community engagement to overcome longstanding challenges ...

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 ...

Driving mechanism of influencing factors of the coupling coordinated development of rural population-land-industry. Note: The area of the circle represents the magnitude of the determining force.

YANGON, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Rural Development Department under Myanmar's Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development held a workshop on rural transformation through the Smart Village project of ...

A net-zero and equitable economy requires the participation and leadership of rural communities, enabled by foundational rural investments in the Build Back Better ...

Since 2013, Myanmar’s National Community Driven Development Project has benefited more than 7 million people in 63 townships (approximately 20 percent of the country) and more than 12,000 villages, ...

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 ...

Access to energy is critical to sustainable development and poverty reduction efforts and key to achieving the MDGs. Currently, of the three billion people living in rural areas in developing ...

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: ...