During the past few decades, China has experienced remarkable economic growth, making considerable contributions to the world economy. In the process, a significant number of rural surplus laborers ...

The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) has been conferred the prestigious Aziz-UI Haq Rural Development Medal, 2024 by the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific ...

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 ...

Between 2009 and 2020, Paraguay promoted the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices among target beneficiaries (249,662 direct beneficiaries, 53 percent of whom were women). The project ...

India’s agricultural sector, the backbone of its economy, is adapting to address the growing challenges of climate change. According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) ...

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 ...

BEIJING, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by China.org.cn: A collection of case studies highlighting best poverty alleviation and rural development practices that have been implemented in ...

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