This issue focuses on rural development, sustainability, and welfare in Asia and the Pacific, while also exploring topics including income inequality, child nutrition, airport productivity, and impacts of foreign direct investment.
A mini symposium on rural development, sustainability, and welfare highlights the evolving nature of rural development, looking at environmental land use policy, infrastructure investment, and targeted redistribution. It examines findings on the Green Great Wall program in the People’s Republic of China, rural road expansion in Nepal, and Thailand’s welfare card program. The articles show that the rural sector continues to matter because it remains central to livelihoods, sustainability, and equity.