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Following the Circular Economy in European rural municipalities through the Spanish Urban Agenda

Bote Alonso, Inmaculada; Montalbán Pozas, Beatriz - 2024

The Circular Economy (CE) is a driver of change and regeneration at a global level, and especially for rural areas. However, there is a missing link regarding the CE in municipalities, i.e. at the macro level encompassing the built environment, which is even more pronounced concerning rural...

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The impacts of depopulation and climate change on the cost of rural electric services

Li, Liqing; Hrozencik, R. Aaron; Rad, Mani Rouhi; Uz, Dilek - 2026

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Revitalizing rural communities through institutional reform of quasi-markets

Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2026

Welfare services such as healthcare, elderly care, and education are key to ensuring quality of life generally, and vital for rural communities across urbanizing countries. While these sectors are largely tax-financed, several countries have established quasi-markets to achieve competition...

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Land reform and rural transformation : linking land tenure security to labour reallocation, international migration, and nutritional outcomes in sub-saharan africa

Haddis, Solomon - 2026

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Migration reform and fertility : evidence from rural China

Jin, Wenchao; Jin, Zhangfeng - 2026

How do institutional barriers to migration shape fertility in developing economies? We analyze the staggered removal of institutional barriers to rural-to-urban migration across 283 Chinese cities. We find that reducing these frictions led to a significant and persistent increase in fertility in...

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Banks protecting children : agricultural income shocks, child health, and financial development in rural India

Argyros, Dimitrios - 2026

This study examines the role of financial infrastructure in shaping child health outcomes in rural India, with a particular focus on whether access to rural banking mitigates the adverse effects of agricultural income shocks. Using data from the National Family and Health Surveys (NFHS), I...

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Regionale Entwicklung und Vertrauen brauchen einen sichtbaren Staat vor Ort

Rösel, Felix - 2026

Wo Schulen, Kommunalverwaltungen und Krankenhäuser schließen, zieht sich der Staat aus der Fläche zurück. Dieser Rückzug kostet nicht nur gut bezahlte Jobs und Zukunftsperspektiven, sondern auch Vertrauen in den Staat, insbesondere in strukturschwachen Regionen. In diesem Beitrag zeige ich,...

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From phone access to food markets : how mobile connectivity is transforming rural livelihoods in West Africa

Ariolle, Joël C.; Carroll, David Alexander, II - 2026 - Update January 2026

We show that mobile connectivity transforms household livelihoods in ways that foster food market integration in WAEMU countries. Using cross-sectional data on nearly 60,000 households and 146 food products traded across 5,000 enumeration areas in eight member states (2018-2019), we combine...

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Residential segregation and unequal access to local public services in India : evidence from 1.5m neighborhoods

Asher, Sam; Jha, Kritarth; Novosad, Paul; Adukia, Anjali; … - 2026

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Zukunftsfähige Dörfer : Qualitäten und Handlungsfelder einer Dorfgestaltung jenseits des Wachstums

Gebauer, Janas - 2026

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The role of broadband adoption/use in the survival and growth of food and drink micro-businesses in remote-rural Scotland

Gilani, Sayed Abdul Majid; Tantry, Ansarullah; Askri, … - 2026

The purpose of this article is to investigate the drivers and barriers to broadband adoption/use by food and drink micro-business owner-managers based in remote-rural Scotland. This study adopts a mixed methods approach consisting of 141 questionnaires involving rural restaurants, which is then...

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Two-stage evolutionary dynamics of fiscal subsidy reforms : tripartite game analysis in China's biomass energy transition

Zhang, Yunsheng; Wang, Shuting; Zhou, Ruomeng - 2026

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Making cross-sector partnerships work : how local NGOs navigate place, governance, and social dynamics in rural water access projects in stratified contexts

Mahanti, Ahaana - 2026 - First edition

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The socio-spatial making and breaking of the rural commons in Hong Kong

Ng, Mee Kam - 2026

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Coupling social networks with space : the embeddedness of low-skilled returnee’ entrepreneurship in rural China

Zhang, Yue; Liu, Langjie; Zha, Xiaofang; Sun, Li; … - 2026

Urban-to-rural return migration has become an increasingly important force reshaping rural livelihoods in China. Yet existing research on returnee entrepreneurship often assumes that migrants can transfer trans-local networks and resources accumulated during migration back to their hometowns and...

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The role of the Mobility of Care in rural areas : an exploratory analysis in South Tyrol

Chizzali, Carolina; Ravazzoli, Elisa; Dianin, Alberto - 2026

Mobility of Care (MoC) encompasses all trips made for unpaid care work, including caregiving and domestic responsibilities. Previous studies have shown the prevalence of the MoC in daily mobility, its disproportionate impact on women, and its key characteristics. However, research has mostly...

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Shared knowledge, shared lives : literacy spillovers in rural Spanish households, 1906-1920

Femi-Oladunni, Opeyemi Afolabi - 2026

This article reconceptualises literacy as a household resource rather than an individual endowment, using linked census and fiscal microdata from rural Spain (1906-1920) to estimate its returns for illiterate co-residents and test whether the economic boom induced literacy adoption. Findings...

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Are university students less trusting and trustworthy than rural people in Malawi?

Holden, Stein Terje; Tione, Sarah; Tilahun, Mesfin; … - 2026

Trust and trustworthiness are central to economic development and are frequently studied using behavioral experiments. A concern is that such evidence often relies on student samples, raising questions about external validity. While existing studies, largely from high-income countries, suggest...

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Development of tourism in local communities : a systematic review of literature on tourism development with collaborative management in rural areas

Glažar, Tjaša - 2026

This integrative literature review explores the relationship between community-based tourism (CBT) development and local community involvement, focusing on collaborative management in rural areas. Following PRISMA 2020 guidelines, 27 peer-reviewed articles-24 empirical and 3 review...

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Utility and the unseen : modelling the determinants of church growth in rural india

Perkins, Oliver - 2026

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Assessing volunteer personnel capacity of fire response in rural California

Zhang, Yuyang; Murray, Alan T.; Funk, Thelonious; … - 2026

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Internet use and child malnutrition : evidence from rural areas in China

Li, JingYu; Lee, Ji Yong; Lee, Sang Hyeon - 2026

Child malnutrition has long posed a serious threat the development of human capital in developing countries. As digitalization advances, the internet has become an integral part of daily life. This paper examines the impact of internet use on long-term and short-term child malnutrition in rural...

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Environmental regulation and energy poverty : straw-burning bans in China

Xu, Peng; Best, Rohan; Mukhopadhaya, Pundarik - 2026

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Governing artificial intelligence for sustainable territorial development in fragile contexts : insights from North Lebanon

Khneyzer, Chadi; Boustany, Zaher; Dagher, Jean - 2026

Sustainable territorial development seeks to balance economic growth, social well-being, and environmental preservation across spatial contexts. In fragile and resource-constrained regions, achieving this balance remains particularly challenging. With the growing diffusion of artificial...

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The impacts, mechanisms, and patterns of China rural collective economic development with common prosperity for all

Gai, Qingen; He, Zhiqiang; Su, Fangfang; Zhao, Wencheng - 2026

As a fundamental tenet of socialism with Chinese characteristics, pursuing common prosperity for all entails reducing urban-rural disparities while simultaneously increasing rural household income. This study utilizes interview and survey data from the "Chinese Thousand Villages Survey"...

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Labor reallocation as a mediating channel : farmland transfer and household financial vulnerability in rural China

Lu, Zhongrui; Hu, Jie; Luo, Jianchao - 2026

The reallocation of production factors, particularly labor, is central to understanding economic development and household welfare. This paper investigates how the transfer of farmland, a fundamental shift in factor endowment, affects rural household financial vulnerability, with a specific...

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The urban-rural gap in local market access : evidence from grocery demand

Seidel, Tobias; Kluser, Frederic; Ehrlich, Maximilian von - 2026

This paper leverages quasi-experimental variation from store openings and 1.5 billion grocery transactions to causally estimate the distance elasticity of grocery expenditures (−1.47) and the spatial extent of local consumption areas (approximately 16 minutes of car travel time). We embed...

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Household resilience during climate shocks in rural Benin : the role of gender social norms in child school dropout

Dedehouanou, Fidèle Ange; Menoua, Marthe Vihoutou … - 2026

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Does social identity constrain rural entrepreneurship? : evidence on the role of financial inclusion

Garg, Sandhya; Gupta, Samarth; Mallick, Sushanta Kumar - 2026

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Strategic changes of the farming system in Italian rural areas

Henke, Roberto; Carillo, Felicetta; Cimino, Orlando - 2026

This article examines the evolution of Italian farms over the past decade and assesses whether their structural and economic transformations align with the prevailing patterns of agricultural development across different rural areas, as identified by the Italian institutions responsible for...

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Changes in work participation across genders in rural India : evidence from 2019 and 2024 time use surveys

Kumar, Anjani; Bathla, Seema; Singh, Dhiraj K. - 2026

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Livelihood alternatives to labor migration : a choice experiment in Tajikistan

Lambrecht, Isabel; Rajiv, Sharanya; Block, Wouter de; … - 2026

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Home-ownership and unemployment : revisiting the Oswald hypothesis from a regional heterogeneity perspective

Tohmo, Timo; Viinikainen, Jutta - 2023

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Introducing carsharing schemes in low-density areas : the case of the outskirts of Le Mans (France)

Leroy, Jean; Bailly, Guillaume; Billard, Gérald - 2023

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Finding new purpose for vacancies in rural areas : a taxonomy of coworking space business models

Thornton, Nina; Engert, Martin; Hein, Andreas; Krcmar, … - 2023

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Harnessing local wisdom : a cornerstone for rural tourism development

Mucunska, Dafinka; Gjorgievski, Mijalce - 2023

In recent decades, tourism has evolved into one of the largest, fastest-growing, and most dynamic industrial sectors, encompassing various complementary businesses across diverse fields. The pivotal role of local knowledge in shaping tourism services and products in rural areas cannot be...

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Dacha as a social and economic phenomenon and its role in rural development in Russia

Nefedova, Tatʹjana Grigorʹevna; Trejviš, Andrej Ilʹič - 2023

This article delves into the proliferation of dacha as a second / temporary country residence for urbanites in Russia. The phenomenon is viewed from a socio-cultural and economic perspective, uncovering the reasons behind their popularity among Russian city dwellers. These reasons are related...

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Youth participation in rural development – insights from LEADER projects for young people in Germany

Pollermann, Kim; Fynn, Lynn-Livia - 2025

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Fostering sustainable development through IT service-learning : insights from rural South Africa

Fouché, Rouxan Colin; Nel, Liezel - 2025

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Cost-effectiveness of rural energy access strategies

Ankel-Peters, Jörg; Bensch, Gunther; Moull, Kevin; … - 2025

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Cost-effectiveness of rural energy access strategies

Ankel-Peters, Jörg; Bensch, Gunther; Moull, Kevin; … - 2024

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Rural entrepreneurship as-practice : a framework for research beyond stereotypical notions of entrepreneurial agency and contextual constraints

Tuitjer, Gesine; Thompson, Neil - 2025

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Gender wage gap in rural Bangladesh : assessing the sticky floor or glass ceiling phenomenon and its determinants

Murakami, Yoshimichi; Yasmin, Nur Nahar - 2025

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Water crisis and rural women : insights from Moroccan oases

Houdret, Annabelle; Ftouhi, Hind; Bossenbroek, Lisa; … - 2025

In many arid and semi-arid regions, rural women are at the heart of water-related dynamics - and therefore greatly affected by its scarcity. This scarcity affects their daily lives, farming activities, economic initiatives and solidarity networks, which are directly dependent on the availability...

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Varieties of innovation and transition pathways in rural areas : a theoretical perspective to technology-, community-, and nature-based development

Grillitsch, Markus; Pugh, Rhiannon; Miedzinski, Michal; … - 2025

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Powering the future: the long-term human capital effects of rural electrification

Chan, Pan - 2025

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Rural transformation, water scarcity and policy responses in China

Wang, Jinxia; Guo, Zhiyi; Wang, Dong; Huang, Kaixing; … - 2025

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Benefit or procedure? : determinants of perceived distributive fairness in rural China

Zuo, Cai; Huang, Xian - 2025

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Evidence and determinants of rural crime victimization in Tanzania

Grote, Ulrike; Mager, Gregor; Fasse, Anja; Neubacher, Frank - 2025

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Technology and communal culture of sharing and giving : implications on household savings behavior in Fiji

Reddy, Mahendra - 2025

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The role of livelihood assets in affecting community adaptive capacity in facing shocks in Karangrejo Village, Indonesia

Prayitno, Gunawan; Auliah, Aidha; Efendi, Achmad; … - 2025

This study addresses a theoretical gap by examining how multiple livelihood assets collectively enhance rural communities' adaptive capacity and contribute to rural resilience theory. Using structural equation modeling, data were collected from June to August 2024 from 372 randomly selected...

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