In Bangladesh, programs targeting ultra-poor, rural households can help families escape extreme poverty. However, the ...

As the White House raises the costs of H-1B visas to an unprecedented $100,000, new research finds that rural and high-poverty communities rely the most on international physicians who get the permits ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Analyses of people with early-onset colorectal cancer showed those who lived in rural communities had shorter ...

Guest Opinion. In recent decades, Cherokee Nation has continued to prosper in cultural preservation, health care and economic development by leaps and bounds. But when we assess our nation’s true ...

The causes of rural poverty are complex and multidimensional. They involve, among other things, culture, climate, gender, markets, and public policy. Likewise, the rural poor are quite diverse both in ...

As Nigeria battles with escalating number of people living in extreme poverty, policy and development experts are proffering solutions on how to tackle rural poverty. In this interview with Victor ...

Larry Bierl tragically froze to death in Amherst recently. It could just have easily happened in rural Western New York. Coverage of Larry’s death, and the related issue of how those experiencing ...

Nationally, 22.2% rural children are living in poverty – more than 1 in 5 kids – in comparison to 17.7% of children living in non-rural communities. Rural child poverty is higher than non-rural in 39 ...

Rural poverty has dropped sharply to 4.86% in the fiscal year ending March 2024, down from 25.7% in 2011-12, primarily due to ...