Good rural governance is key to realising rights, leaving no-one behind and achieving sustainability of rural development programmes. Yet, it does not receive the attention it requires. In a world that is likely to miss the Sustainable Development Goals in eleven years from now, a discussion on rural governance is an urgent necessity.

Articles:

• Engaging the community in solving the bushmeat crisis
• Displaced and forgotten
• Our Village – creating endogenous growth
• Rural governance – a precondition for inclusive and sustainable rural transformation
• Breaking the mode of demolition and reconstruction
• A small effort and a big impact – From pedestrian to tractorable bridges
• Beekeeping in Ethiopia’s wheatbelt – a way towards sustainable agro-ecosystems
• Organic and Fairtrade cotton – a way out of rural poverty?
• Solar powered cooling for enhancing milk value chains
• Boosting commercial sorghum production and marketing with the "aggregator model"
• From technocratic to participatory planning? Water supply and sanitation services development in post-Soviet Moldova
• Mapping hotspots of marginality for area identification