Rural communities are in crisis. More should be done to help them | Opinion
Today you can drive through many once-thriving towns in rural North Carolina and view main streets where formerly thriving ...
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Why ‘venue shopping’ makes this state one of the hardest to run a hospital
A growing legal and financial crisis is threatening the stability of Pennsylvania’s hospitals. The state’s shifting medical liability landscape — particularly the rise of “venue shopping” and ...
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Forget urban slums: Kenya's forgotten housing crisis in rural areas
millions of Kenyans living in rural areas continue to inhabit derelict structures. Yet the focus has always been on what happens in the towns where population densities are high and economic ...
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Economic Indicators survey shows dive in confidence, experts to share rural factors
State Bank Financial and UW-La Crosse survey shows rural areas share economic worries as consumer confidence in current conditions and future expectations drops.
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Improved connectivity, not urban migration, is the best way to help people in world’s rural areas develop, UN says
New approaches made possible through improved access and Internet connectivity can raise the standard of living for approximately 3.4 billion people living in rural areas, without them having to ...
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Impact of Asia's Financial Crisis on Cambodia and the Lao PDR
Studies of the impact of the East Asian financial crisis on Cambodia and the Lao PDR highlight ... Social indicators are poor (see table), and poverty rates are high, particularly in rural areas. Both ...