This study investigates the effects of rural–urban migration on economic development in Thailand. It draws upon a panel database of 2,000 rural households collected from 2008 to 2010 in three ...

Amazon Prime will bring ultrafast delivery to 4,000+ rural areas by 2025, investing $4B to boost access, create jobs, and ...

Discover the top 10 most rural states in the U.S., their unique characteristics, and educational trends. Learn how rural areas are defined, their economic challenges, and their vital role in American ...

South Africa needs to improve health and social insurance coverage for both internal and international migrants.

Nigeria’s food security faces threat as younger generations increasingly turn away from farming, leaving the nation’s ...

Urban Company this month released the fourth installment of its Dignity of Labour series, shining a light on an often-overlooked but critical conversation: the class divide in India. The new film, ...

India Inc. must take up infrastructure building in cities in partnership with municipal corporations as the country is expected to add 70 million new urban residents in the next two decades by 2045, a ...

Life expectancy in urban areas is considerably higher at 73.3 years — 71.9 for male and 75.1 for female — compared to 69.2 years in rural areas — 66.9 for male and 71.8 for female.

Or when her husband wired their new home for electricity, but she fetched water every day because they didn’t have access to the city’s water supply. Grace Lutheran Church now sits on the land where ...

A staff member of Luckin Coffee makes coffee for a customer in Xiong'an New Area, Hebei Province, north China, Jan. 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Qin Jing) BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- On the golden plains of ...

In Lagos many parts of the city where a large number of people migrate from rural to urban areas, these people usually end up living in the slum areas because of the high rates of rent of houses ...

Residential energy demand dynamics at household level can be studied through demographic, behavioral and physical characteristics of the household. In this paper, we develop an agent-based model using ...