In the process, China uses about 7 percent of the world's arable land to feed about one-fifth of the global population, a ...

As the U.S. heads toward a third peak in the pandemic, rural counties are among the areas most severely affected by Covid-19. While their absolute numbers of cases are still relatively small compared ...

Xi is promoting a new vision to tackle long-standing problems like the rural-urban divide, food security, and poverty. The continued emphasis on rural development and agricultural production also ...

The Modi government is gutting the rural job “guarantee,” fulfilling a longstanding demand of the most rapacious sections of ...

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, ...

Researchers theorize that a greater incidence of two-parent households may explain the “rural advantage” in household income that children from rural areas have compared to their urban counterparts.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Poor rural counties have a higher rate of ...

Growing up poor in isolated rural areas and small towns is qualitatively different from growing up poor in the city. Yet most of what experts know about the effects of poverty on children’s ...

Sonia Gandhi has strongly criticised the Modi government’s proposed G RAM Bill calling it unjust. Congress vows to fight the changes that weaken MGNREGA and harm rural poor livelihoods.

Jörg Peters has done consultancy work for bilateral and multilateral donor organizations such as World Bank, GIZ, FMO, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and KfW. He is affiliated with RWI - ...