11.  Car ownership rates are higher in rural areas than the national average.

12.  Community activists say a large proportion of maquila workers come from rural areas and are unfamiliar with industrial safety concerns.

13.  Community Based Planners will have to consider alternatives to accommodating the needs of those living in more rural areas.

14.  Conditions were much worse in rural areas.

15.  Displaced people from rural areas face even greater obstacles.

16.  Drop-out rates in rural areas are high, due to poverty and war.

17.  Enough wealth has trickled back to the rural areas in the form of remittances to keep the lid on discontent.

18.  Even since the war industrial relocation schemes for rural areas have been half-hearted and inadequate.

19.  Extreme poverty still exists in many rural areas.

20.  For many young people in rural areas, a university education seems like an unattainable dream.