I welcome that the final NPPF drops the statement that 'decision-takers at every level should assume that the default answer to development proposals is "yes", except where this would compromise the key sustainable development principles set out in this Framework'.
The phrase 'the default answer to development proposals is yes' is not statesmanlike.
He abolished brownfield targets and said the default answer to development should be "yes".
The revised national planning policy framework will be published on Tuesday after months of opposition triggered by a phrase in the original document stating that "the default answer to development proposals is yes, so long as they are sustainable".
Clark's speech addressed concerns that the NPPF – which says the default answer to development proposals deemed sustainable is "yes" – would be imposed on the many communities that did not have local plans.
One answer, the development bank says, would be to expand the production networks of "Factory Asia" to other regions in the south to churn out goods for price-sensitive local consumers.
And then there is the struggle between all of these Islamist parties — who argue that "Islam is the answer" for development — and the more secular mainstream forces, who may constitute the majority in most Mideast societies but are disorganized and divided.
Women remain an integral part of this week with Shah saying, "We have known for years, investing women and girls is essentially the answer in development". .
The answers, international development specialists say, are hidden from public view.
I had issues with some of the storytelling – a lot of questions are raised and then not answered, character development seems slightly arbitrary, and there's just a bit too much dashing about.
