Ambassador Mohan Pieris, President’s Counsel, has been serving as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York since January 2021. Prior to his appointment, Ambassador ...

If a community is 30 miles from the nearest hospital, it will face rural challenges, regardless of whether 500 or 50,000 people live there.

Rural America's health equity is inseparable from its economic well-being, and aligning these two crucial fields is essential for achieving true rural prosperity. The people who know this best are ...

The blog highlights and summarizes a policy brief written by Catherine Brinkley, an associate professor of Human Ecology and Director of the Center for Regional Change at UC Davis, and M. Anne Visser, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) At the Iowa State Fair, candidates were ...

In what has become a postelection tradition, there has been no shortage of analysis the past several weeks about rural voters and their role in determining the outcome of the midterms. Yet during a ...

Geographical Indications (GIs) serve as a pivotal mechanism in both safeguarding the heritage of local products and promoting rural development. By linking products to their specific place of origin, ...

Mark Haggerty and Julia Haggerty explore the role of fiscal policy in understanding barriers to economic development in rural America. The role of state and local government fiscal policy in driving ...

Rural Kentucky stands at an economics crossroads. Balancing Kentucky’s energy portfolio and rural development can restore those communities and chart a new path forward. With the elections this ...