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 ...

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 ...

USDA Rural Development has served as a conduit for getting federal funds into “some of our smallest communities and rural small businesses,” said Erin Oban, state director for USDA Rural Development.

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, ...

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 ...

For decades, Democrats have been losing rural America by ever-worsening margins. If they could perform even 5 percent better in rural counties, the political landscape would be transformed. In the ...

Developed through extensive consultations with community leaders, youth and women’s groups, civil society organizations, and government agencies, the NRDP aims to strengthen rural livelihoods, improve ...

The Irish Government is implementing a plan to re-energize rural areas by turning pubs into workspaces and community hubs. Over the years small villages and towns in Ireland have suffered from ...