India
Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas: Addressing Rural Poverty in India
- Status
- Completed Research
- Research Year
- 2018-19
Over two-thirds of India’s population lives in rural areas, and rural poverty remains a significant policy concern. Many people migrate from India’s rural to urban areas in search of better economic opportunities. Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA), was a rural development public-private-partnership program, which took a holistic approach to provide more services and opportunities to India’s hardest to reach areas.
Researchers
Mentors
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University of Toronto
Mariana Mota Prado
Associate Vice-President & Vice Provost, International Student Experience; Professor of Law William C. Graham Chair in International Law and Development, University of Toronto