Rural community development encompasses a range of approaches and activities that aim to improve the welfare and livelihoods of people living in rural...

people within their communities, whether these be of locality, identity or interest, in urban and rural settings". Community development seeks to empower...

The need for rural communities to approach development from a wider perspective has created more focus on a broad range of development goals rather than...

Asset-based community development (ABCD) is a methodology for the sustainable development of communities based on their strengths and potentials. It involves...

a subdivision of a district, exclusively for rural development. The concept of the community development block was first suggested by Grow More Food (GMF)...

Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.), to administer FmHA community and business programs and other USDA rural development programs...

Ministry of Rural Development, a branch of the Government of India, is entrusted with the task of accelerating the socio-economic development of rural India...

The Minister for Rural and Community Development (Irish: An tAire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and...

involved and empowered local population is essential to successful rural community development. Robert Chambers, a key exponent of PRA, argued that the approach...

design statement Rural community development Rural Development Council ACRE Cheshire Community Action Countryside Agency DEFRA Rural Community Council of Essex...

The Department of Rural and Community Development (Irish: An Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is...

The community-led local development (CLLD) funding approach is a European Union initiative to support the decentralised management of development projects...

Community economic development (CED) is a field of study that actively elicits community involvement when working with government and private sectors to...

Government of Malaysia that is responsible for rural development, regional development, community development, Bumiputera, Orang Asli, rubber industry smallholders...

Common land Communalism Community land trust Community supported fishery Community wealth building Community gardening Development-supported agriculture...

Rural flight (also known as rural-to-urban migration, rural depopulation, or rural exodus) is the migratory pattern of people from rural areas into urban...

identities, rural health-care, and educational policies. Many rural sociologists work in the areas of development studies, community studies, community development...

The Ministry of Livestock and Rural Community Development was a cabinet ministry in the Government of Sri Lanka. Parties   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United...

live in rural areas according to the Food and Agricultural Organization. Some communities have successfully encouraged economic development in rural areas...

concentrated on community development through village development programmes that included agriculture, fisheries, cooperatives, rural crafts, adult literacy...

Community Driven Local Development (CDLD) is a budgetary support programme meant to bring social and structural improvements in Thirteen districts of Khyber...

The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (Pashto: د کلیو د بیارغونې او پراختیا وزارت, Dari: وزارت بازسازی و انکشاف دهات) (MRRD) is a ministry...

England Rural Development Programme was the instrument by which the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) fulfilled its rural development...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. The SADC's goal is to further...

The Rural Development Council was an advisory body to the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead MSP. Its members...

The Center for Rural Development in Somerset, Kentucky, was established in March 1996. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The center aims "to provide...

an Alberta-based organization purposed towards supporting development in rural communities in Canada. Established in 2009, RDN was created as a partnership...

permanent shelters for homeless. The aim of the scheme is skill development of both rural and urban India as per requisite international standards. The...

environment, culture, microfinance, health, education, architecture, rural development), their activities are often coordinated with one another in order...

of Community Development (OCD) is a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development activities. OCD operates community development programs...