The World Bank on Wednesday softened its position on the poverty reduction claim for Pakistan and said that only certain segments of the poor saw an improvement while other classes, particularly the ...

Researchers theorize that a greater incidence of two-parent households may explain the “rural advantage” in household income that children from rural areas have compared to their urban counterparts.

The federal work visa program is in the spotlight because the Trump administration boosts the fee for each foreign worker to ...

President Trump's proclamation last month imposing a $100,000 fee per year for new applications for H1-B visas will negatively affect the healthcare workforce in rural and high-poverty counties across ...

SANBAIHU VILLAGE, China -- The China that Wang Huazhong glimpses on television is in the midst of an amazing transformation. In cities he has never visited, skyscrapers tower over highways choked with ...

As an economics major at Claremont McKenna College, Chris Temple understood the numbers of poverty. He had studied the financial problems faced by developing countries. He knew that 1.1 billion people ...

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For many decades, West Virginia has faced challenges delivering healthcare to rural residents, as many live far from ...

Rural women form the backbone of the agricultural labour force across much of the developing world. Globally, more than a third of the female workforce is engaged in agriculture, while in regions like ...

Leaders of Colorado’s rural schools are more likely to encourage a total stranger to go into teaching than a member of their ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The number of Texans living in poverty ...