Geographical Indications (GIs) serve as a pivotal mechanism in both safeguarding the heritage of local products and promoting rural development. By linking products to their specific place of origin, ...

The legal authority of rural district councils to dispose of property derives from the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13], which allows councils to acquire, hold and dispose of land under ...

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 ...

In 2006, Bihar, one of India’s poorest and most populous states, was contending with poor infrastructure and service delivery, and a complex political and social context. Limited inclusion of women in ...

Physician practices in rural areas of the country are being acquired by hospitals and healthcare systems at a dramatic rate. Between July 2012 and July 2015, hospital employment of physicians and ...