Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Washington, armed with trade concessions that could boost American exports to India ...

how best to ‘develop’ rural areas and rural people? This question is a particularly apt one to ask of Asia, the region of the world which has done most to drive the ‘rise of the South’ but where there ...

Chinese director Huo Meng's Berlin competition drama explores 1990s rural life through a boy left with extended family while ...

Libraries have always been considered as information hubs. Its role in providing equitable information are essentials in both rural and urban areas, however, their importance in rural areas is more ...

As their governments aim for reform, CNA series Shifting Horizons explores how Indonesia, India and China plan to overcome ...

River cruises are also an option to explore the region, and arguably lead to a more authentic experience of rural Asia. The most common routes start in Ho Chi Minh City and explore the networks of ...

Consequently, the situation of the villagers who are left behind, and the preservation of these rural villages and their traditions, have become topics of global concern. Asia Blog reached out to Sun ...

Almost 70 percent of employed women in South Asia and more than 60 percent of employed women in Sub-Saharan Africa work in agriculture [3]. The substantial involvement of rural women in ...

Many of the roughly 4,000 small Chinese banks are backed by indebted provincial governments and largely funded via short-term ...