Ending Rural Poverty: Challenges and Opportunities

The Challenge of Ending Rural Poverty the Challenge of Ending Rural Poverty

An Inclusive Society? Practicalities and Possibilities Creating inclusive rural communities: Grass roots perspectives on the opportunities and challenges Stream: Social Exclusion and economic inequalities Organisation and delivery of human services

Creating inclusive rural communities: Grass roots perspectives on the opportunities and challenges Rural communities in developed countries such as Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland have experienced profound challenges over the past three decades. The social fabric of rural communities in these countries has been and will continue to be affected by global and local pr...

Explanation of entrepreneurship small business challenges in rural area, The case of study: Bijar, Iran

The migration of young people and the aging of rural communities, for reasons such as poverty and unemployment, will create a lot of need for identifying new approaches to the survival of rural communities. Small business entrepreneurship has an important role in reducing poverty and, ultimately, rural development. However, this kind of entrepreneurship faces many challenges in terms of environ...

Analyzing Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of Rural ICT Development in Iran's Villages

The Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are being increasingly used by the governments to deliver its services to both rural and urban people. Obviously, access and application of ICT will provide services to improve the income and welfare of rural poor. This will help reducing rural poverty and improve quality of life. In Iran, importance of using rural ICT benefits and advantage...

Analysis of factors affecting livelihood sustainability in rural areas of Sari County

Introduction A review of studies in developing countries shows that economic programs in developing countries to achieve sustainable livelihoods and economic issues have failed to reduce poverty and a sustainable economy in rural areas. Therefore, today, one of the biggest challenges of planning rural communities and undermining the poverty in developing countries is providing livelihood. A a...