How do we build thriving rural communities in the 21st century? The labor-intensive, extractive industries paradigm that has long powered rural economies—think agriculture, manufacturing, mining, ...

Rural development and governance in Europe have evolved into a dynamic interplay between tried-and-tested local practices and modern policy innovations. Contemporary frameworks seek to balance ...

Maria Sykes, Epicenter Executive Director, in front of the neon welcome sign by artist Lisa Ward. (Photo by Danny Baxter) Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email ...

In many cases, the key to housing problems in rural communities could be the already existing stock. Strategies on how to tap into that resource is often the missing puzzle piece to a solution. Rural ...

Community leaders, housing advocates, and local partners met this month for the Together for Rural Affordable Housing event — ...

An executive order President Donald Trump signed on Friday, calling for the federal Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund and other agencies to be "eliminated," targets the economic ...

With the active support of the African Development Bank, AFDB, and the World Bank, the Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, yesterday in Katsina, flagged off the Katsina State Community ...

Beginning in 2011, Bolivia has worked to improve access to sustainable basic infrastructure and services for some of the most disadvantaged rural communities in some of the nation’s poorest ...

As a community-engaged bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco seeks out real-time information on economic conditions by engaging with and learning from businesses, community organizations, ...