rural development

Harnessing the power of women and youth in Honduras rural development

Project / SEI and the IDB join efforts to propose strategies that guarantee gender equity and inclusion of youth to boost rural development in Honduras

How investing in smallholder farms is investing in our society

Perspective / The livelihoods of the 350 million smallholder farmers in Asia are being threatened by unprecedented societal change. How can we better secure them?

Managing water for the future: Can web-based river basin assessments show the way forward?

Perspective / SWARM, a new platform for water management, combines hydrological modelling and stakeholder input to improve river basin management in Southeast Asia.

Maintaining perspective of ongoing environmental change in the Mekong floodplains

Journal article / This article looks at rapid environmental change in the floodplains of the Mekong River in Cambodia and Vietnam and calls for their sustainable development.

Asking the right questions in adaptation research and practice: Seeing beyond climate impacts in rural Nepal

Journal article / Adaptation research needs re-framing to consider the climate change impacts in lived experiences of rural communities.

Solar-pumped water slakes rural Kenya’s thirst for development

Media coverage / Thomson Reuters describes electrification in Kenya, where some counties are tapping solar energy to pump water to villages from nearby rivers.

RESPONSE

Project / Improving public transport accessibility for remote areas and regions affected by demographic change.

Lessons for solar mini-grids from rural Tanzania

Perspective / SEI researchers followed the adoption of solar mini-grids in rural Tanzania to understand their impact and sustainability.

Gender, culture and energy transitions in rural Africa

Journal article / Greater inclusion of gender concerns in energy sector decision-making improves development outcomes.