They have also called on rural planning authorities to set ambitious but achievable targets for affordable homes.
Otherwise there will be no chance of the many reforms required outside the forestry sector: in land-use planning and rural development, in agriculture, energy and infrastructure policies, and much else.
According to the Planning Commission, rural poverty fell by 8%, compared to urban poverty which declined by 4.8%.
BBC: 'Sharp drop' in India poverty due to welfare programmes
We are also ending the uncertainty about development in the countryside and providing the planning policy context for deciding planning applications in rural areas.
The Chinese government's population-planning commission forecasts another 100m rural residents could move to cities by 2020.
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The most effective leaders, such as David Lilienthal at the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s or James Webb at NASA in the 1960s, were given some budgetary cover from Congress so they could engage in long-term planning that improved the infrastructure of rural areas or allowed us to make huge advances in our understanding of space.
Babatunde Osotimehin: One good example of that is Ethiopia, where about 38, 000 health extension workers are leading the effort to bring long-acting modern family planning methods closer to communities, especially to isolated and rural ones.
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The Campaign to Protect Rural England said the government needed to ensure HS2 was accompanied by wider planning to maximise long-term benefits for the environment and economy.
China's family planning laws limit most urban couples to a single child, while rural families are allowed to have two children if their first born is a girl.
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"It's just horrible, " says Ms. Restrepo, a marketer for Rusticae, a network of rural hotels, who every January studies the calendar with her husband to start planning jaunts around bridges.
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The Planning Commission said the main reason for the reduction in poverty was the government's increased spending on rural welfare programmes.
BBC: 'Sharp drop' in India poverty due to welfare programmes
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