As a result, poverty rates have fallen by nearly a third in both rural and urban areas.
There are also acute disparities with regards to the provision of basic education to rural and urban areas.
It also needs to recognise that while rural and urban areas have separate qualities and character, they are economically intrinsically linked.
But none of these policies will change the fundamental cause of inequality between rural and urban areas: massive underemployment in the countryside.
The militia is known to recruit members from rural and urban areas and to organize mainly at mosques around Tehran and other major cities.
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Modernizing at least 35, 000 public schools across the country, supporting new science labs, Internet-ready classrooms and renovations at schools across the country, in rural and urban areas.
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Timothy Hannan and Robin Prager, both of the Federal Reserve, find that increased competition from multi-market institutions has had markedly different effects in rural and urban areas.
Telecom companies have struggled for years to find a way to bridge that last mile and deliver high-speed data connections to homes and business in both rural and urban areas.
Cholera thrives in areas without clean water and proper sanitation, and the United Nations has said 6 million people in Zimbabwe -- more than half the population -- have limited or no access to safe water and sanitation in rural and urban areas.
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And the President sincerely hopes that that support, which comes from around the country, that comes from Democrats and Republicans, that comes from NRA members, sportsmen and women, from suburban areas, rural areas and urban areas, will result in Congress taking appropriate action.
But, you know, obviously, the food desert issue of people having access to grocery stores that is both in rural areas and urban areas, there is not much difference in that.
Mr Hogg added that he was looking at the "policing model" and the distribution of officers between rural, urban and coastal areas of the two counties and Isles of Scilly.
For the equivalency exam field tests, the state Education Department is trying to select a representative group of schools and students, including schools in rural, urban and suburban areas, as well as students who speak Spanish as their first language.
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That's why I've been fighting to create millions of new jobs in clean energy and rebuilding our infrastructure, jobs to come to all of our states, and urban and rural areas, and suburban communities and small towns.
"Nigel Crisp will be a superb manager for the NHS and the Department of Health having worked in both the public and private sectors and in urban and rural areas, " Mr Milburn said.
Given the increasingly conspicuous inequalities emerging in China as a result of the country's embrace of capitalism, it suits Mr Hu to appear to pour cold water on the idea of laisser-faire economics, blamed for a growing gap between rich and poor, between regions and between urban and rural areas.
There are differences between how people feel in urban areas and rural areas.
Since its inception in 2006, MeXvi has pioneered the assisted self-construction of homes in rural and semi-urban areas in over 13 states of Mexico, improving the quality of life of thousand of Mexicans.
Given its population size and huge economic potential, Myanmar is a market that has huge opportunity for growth given the need for infrastructure development, better healthcare facilities and power generation in both urban and rural areas.
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The proposal to provide tax incentives to spur business investment and housing development in poor urban and rural areas was first put forward by Clinton and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert last May after the Illinois Republican congressman accompanied the Democratic president on a tour of areas left behind in a booming economy.
Unlike other developing countries, as of 2007 approximately 76% and 24% of Peruvians lived in urban and rural areas, respectively.
These challenges, which are more acute in rural than in urban areas and are exacerbated by the high levels of poverty among rural families and the predominant use of Spanish as the language of instruction, have created significant barriers which preclude the meaningful participation of indigenous peoples in the public education system.
Probably this worry derives from the difference in population density between urban and rural or small town areas, but there is a tacit implication that non-urban dwellers are more expendable than urban dwellers.
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The last government made all police forces sign a pledge, which said they had to attend emergencies within 15 minutes in urban areas and 20 minutes in rural areas.
Give teachers in urban and rural areas where turnover is high and schools are under-funded more support.
Mr. Otteau said foreclosure activity is heavily concentrated in specific neighborhoods, especially lower-income urban and rural areas.
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To reverse this, many things must be done simultaneously, including raising salaries, especially in urban and rural areas.
Support for the ban was equal in urban and rural areas (40% each).
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