11.   Item fourteen, rural economic development initiative.

12.   Yes, rural development, new designation, yes.

13.   Dr. Kumar said that if Labour was elected, pensions and child benefit would be increased immediately and he promised more investment in the rural development commission.

14.   A new emphasis on rural development.

15.   Aid workers and disaster experts say that instead of considering the drought an isolated emergency, officials must begin looking at long-term rural development needs.

16.   Clinton prefers a far-ranging Senate farm bill that includes programs for conservation, nutrition, research and rural development programs.

17.   Critics of the current antidrug strategy say that more money should go toward programs that foster rural economic development, a better court system, and basic government services.

18.   Environmental regulation and research, rural development and farm credit programs would cease.

19.   He favors cutting state subsidies, courting private investment and spending more on education and rural development.

20.   He is the author of three books on rural development and telecommunications.