Rural development

Microfinance Contributing to Poverty Reduction

Dao Thi Hoang Mai, Bui Thu Trang
ABSTRACT Microfinance around the world is often described as a success story, through its ability to contribute to economic development and poverty alleviation, based on sustainable financial results. Impact studies carried out in recent years and the analysis of economic models of microfinance...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Rural development
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Rural Development and Rural Revitalization Strategy of Taiwan

Wan-Yu Liu
ABSTRACT Taiwan is an island nation located in East Asia that has undergone rapid industrialization and urbanization in the past few decades, resulting in a growing rural-urban divide. To bridge this gap, Taiwan’s government has implemented various rural development policies that aim to...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Rural development
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Contribution of Deep Tube Well Irrigation Scheme to Sustaining Rural Farmer Livelihood of Tatkon Township, Naypyitaw Union Territory, Myanmar

Zar Ni Hlaing, Theingi Myint, Nilar Aung
ABSTRACT To increase agricultural production in sustainability, irrigation is a significant indicator and also affects the socio-economic status of farmers to some extent. Hence, the government has implemented the irrigation facilities in various means to use irrigated water efficiently. This...
Country: Myanmar Topic: Rural development
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Food Desert, Purchasing Refugees, and Cooperatives in Rural Areas in South Korea

Namhoon Kim
ABSTRACT In this study, we present how cooperatives help the elderly in the "food desert" and how it runs businesses with lower profits. We introduce a special cooperative, Dong-Rak-Jeom-Bbang (hereafter DRJB) which runs the business in a small village in South Korea. The food desert is...
Country: Korea Topic: Rural development
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Sustainable Agriculture Development Policies: Learnings from Some Countries and Vietnam's Strategy

Do Thi Kim Anh
ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural development is the management and maintenance of organizational, technical and institutional changes for agricultural development in order to ensure the increasing human demand for agricultural products and services, while meeting needs of the future. According...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Rural development
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