These programmes comprised the business partnership programme, information services, SME cluster and network development, export consortia, rural and women's entrepreneurship development, and SME enabling framework and institutional support.

Rural and agricultural development

Rural development and agriculture

Kerala Rural Development Agency

Rural Development Foundation of Pakistan

Arab Network for Environment and Development (2000 2003)

Rural development increasing food output and incomes

Viable and integrated development of rural areas

Programme for the Development of Rural Areas

(c) Strengthening of domestic rural agricultural economies by actively contributing to integrated rural development planning.

Particularly, with a view to improving gender equality and position of women in rural areas, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) adopted a Gender Strategy in Agriculture and Rural Development to 2010 and Gender Plan of Action in Agriculture and Rural Development to 2005.

A national network on gender and development issues has been formed in some areas, notably are the national network on gender and energy development and the network of collaborators on gender mainstreaming established in 2003.

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

United Nations Public Private Alliance for Rural Development

United Nations Public Private Alliance for Rural Development

Goal 1 Poverty Eradication Rural Development Engage and empower people living in poverty and rural areas.

The UNDP programme for rural and economic development involved investments of some 5 million in new projects for land reclamation and integrated rural development.

With human development in mind, an Asian African development university network is currently being developed.

Programme Component E.2 Rural and Women's Entrepreneurship Development

Protection or promotion of women's rights Human Rights Association of the Niger Democracy, freedom and development Democracy 2000 the Network for Law Integration and Dissemination in Rural Areas and the Association of Women Lawyers, among others

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is also initiating a participatory rural energy development programme, to identify and develop potential alternative energy resources in rural communities.

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

East Africa Road Network Project (five Projects) East Africa Railways Development

All the sugar factories are located in rural India. This has led to the tremendous development of rural areas.

Rural Development (Laos) total village development managing and monitoring weaving materials bank and cattle bank.

Port Vila Women's Business Unit, Department of Cooperatives Rural Development.

The priority tasks in rural development are complex and multifaceted.

A budget expenditure of Rs 34.15 billion was earmarked for rural development activities exclusively for irrigation (Rs 25.19 billion), land reclamation (Rs 1.77 billion) rural development (Rs 6.19 billion) and rural electrification (Rs 1 billion) during 2003 04.

Investment in agricultural and rural development is therefore vital to food security and sustainable economic development.

Promoting an integrated approach to rural development in developing countries for poverty eradication and sustainable development

Also recognizes that the eradication of rural poverty and hunger is crucial for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and that rural development should be an integral part of national and international development policies

Also recognizes that the eradication of rural poverty and hunger is crucial for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and that rural development should be an integral part of national and international development policies

This low availability of energy, especially in rural communities, both curbs the development of rural activities and aggravates the desertification process.

Since the Gambia was overwhelmingly agricultural and rural, the Government needed to develop a comprehensive rural development policy, in particular to improve the lives and rights of rural women.

Agriculture was the backbone of Ethiopia's economy, and its development strategy centred on rural and agricultural development.

We urgently need far sighted companies to join the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

37. Also recognizes that the eradication of rural poverty and hunger is crucial for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and that rural development should be an integral part of national and international development policies

Potential for rural development In relation to rural development, the simplicity and low relative cost of micro hydro systems open up new opportunities for some isolated communities in need of electricity.

In order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, it is essential that poverty reduction interventions focus on the rural poor and that significant investments be made in rural and agricultural development.

In order to improve rural infrastructure and standard of life the Rural Development and Agricultural Market Regulation Act provides for various state benefits to support people living in rural areas.

The regional commissions are also aware of the information needs for promoting successful rural development and an entrepreneurial base in rural communities.

Following a decade of work in promoting agricultural cooperative development through a regional network known as the Network for the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in Asia and the Pacific, a training kit was developed.

Other initiatives have been to include women in economic development through the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) programmes.