As property owners, developers and investors evaluate in 2026 the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ 2.0) tax benefits implemented in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (the act), the most impactful ...

170 local development initiatives were supported and over 500 new jobs created through the EU-supported Local Action Groups (LAGs) established in Keda and Khulo municipalities in Adjara. The ENPARD’s ...

The Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) is a flagship third-generation rural access initiative supported by the International Development Association of the World Bank and the ...

T he recent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) made the eight-year-old federal Opportunity Zone (OZ) program permanent, although each of the nearly 9,000 Opportunity Zones will be ...

Rural education represents a promising opportunity to impact STEM workforce development and students' ability to reach key developmental milestones. The institute's research aims to integrate key ...

Iowa will receive an infusion of $152 million in federal money toward 19 rural development projects across the state in what U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins called an "unprecedented" effort ...