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Billions are at stake in how the government defines a place as rural

The small town of Houston, Missouri, is off the beaten path and has only 2,500 residents, but it still doesn't meet the definition of "rural" in some federal programs. Small towns far from big cities ...
JSTOR Daily

Conceptual Problems of the Monitoring and Evaluation of Qualitative Objectives of Rural Development

Since 1966 the leading international journal in its field, covering a wide range of topics, reviewing significant developments and providing a forum for cutting-edge debates about theory and practice.
JSTOR Daily

Integrated Rural Development: Concept and Planning Implications—with examples from Nigeria

Since 1966 the leading international journal in its field, covering a wide range of topics, reviewing significant developments and providing a forum for cutting-edge debates about theory and practice.
The Manila Times on MSN

LandBank pushes for sustainable rural development, inclusivity

SPECIALIZED government-owned financial institution Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank), which focuses on pushing rural development and financial inclusion for all Filipinos, will be bestowed with ...
Des Moines Register

Iowa will receive $152 million from US Agriculture Department toward rural development

Iowa will receive an infusion of $152 million in federal money toward 19 rural development projects across the state in what U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins called an "unprecedented" effort ...
NPR

Turmoil at USDA Rural Development may diminish aid for small towns and farms

The USDA Rural Development is a lifeline to economically depressed rural towns where Trump is popular but the Trump Administration has damaged the agency. It's been a turbulent couple of months at the ...