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Smart Villages Research Group is an organisation that believes people in remote villages in the Global South deserve the same opportunities as everyone else. Unfortunately, many existing rural development methods are failing to achieve sufficient impact, and often fail entirely... We hear a lot about the idea of Smart Cities, but less than half of the global population live in cities, with 79% of the global poor living in rural areas. Following 7 years of grass-root research work, we have developed the ‘Smart Villages Approach' to community development to overcome these challenges. In partnership with local NGOs in the Global South, we are working with rural communities to pilot our approach, and demonstrate the difference that a community-centric model can achieve in creating a Smart Village... At Smart Villages Research Group, we truly believe in the importance of a community-led approach. We always start by asking the community to tell us about the challenges they're facing,..

Primary location: Abingdon United Kingdom