In this issue of "Rural Progress" there is a report on the Workshop held in Addis Ababa in December 1977 on the problems of the effective use of radio forums and radio clubs in rural Africa. In his opening address to the ...

This "RURAL PROGRESS" is a quarterly bulletin intended for all those who are concerned with rural development and transformation in Africa. It has replaced "Rural Development Newsletter" and "African Women". The year 1979 ...

The year 1979 was in 1976 declared by the General Assembly the International Year of the Child (IYC). The idea of an intonational year of the child was proposed by a representative of the community of Non-Governmental ...

In this issue, a great deal of attention is paid to development programmes involving agriculture as a means of raising the economic potential of rural communities and thereby their living standards. Integrated rural ...

The International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade (1981-1990) was formally launched on 10 November 1980 by the United Nations General Assembly at its thirty-fifth Session. The goals for the Water Decade were ...

“ Rural Progress" will endeavor to inform all those concerned with rural development in member countries of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, especially workers at the grassroots level such as rural ...