A core responsibility of a chamber or local economic development agency is to support the economic vitality of the communities they serve. Success requires paying attention to trends in society so ...

Explore the history, functions, and challenges of the Farmers Home Administration, a former USDA agency created to help farmers and rural communities secure financing.

Rural areas are quickly losing independent physicians and medical practices amid the corporatization of healthcare, a new report finds. The report was commissioned by the Physicians Advocacy Institute ...

The use of nurse practitioners (NPs) in primary care is one way to address growing patient demand and improve care delivery. However, little is known about trends in NP presence in primary care ...

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 ...

The collaboration represents a major step toward scaling up sustainable agricultural practices, supporting rural development, ...

The study showed that the corporate consolidation of medical practices and the resulting decrease in access to healthcare services in rural areas is accelerating. A new analysis has found that access ...

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 ...