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	The HIPC Debt Initiative
		Debt service as a percentage of exports cut from about 17 percent to an average of 8 percent (less than half the average for developing countries);
		Because canceling debt directly affects the capacity of many multilateral institutions to provide concessional lending to the world's poorest countries, financing multilateral costs remains critical.
		Social expenditures in the decision point countries are projected to increase by an average of $1.7 billion per year during 2001-2002, equaling about 1.2 percent of GDP.
	www.worldbank.org /hipc/progress-to-date/May99v3/may99v3.htm (650 words)

	Islamic countries form Developing Eight economic group
		One-seventh of the world's people lives in D-8 countries, but their aggregate economic output falls short of that ratio.
		Organizers dubbed Erbakan's long-cherished Islamic project the D-8 in admiration, or perhaps envy, of the G-7 group of leading industrialized nations that will gather in Denver this week for its annual summit.
		"The purpose of D-8 is not to be an Islamic vehicle," said Ali Alatas, foreign minister of Indonesia, which is home to more Muslims than any other nation.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/97/06/16/islamist-summit.2-0.html (630 words)

	Proposed programme of work, 2000-2001 (E/ESCAP/1143)
		At the end of the biennium, the subprogramme will have sensitized policy makers in the developing countries to the emerging challenges and opportunities and assisted in identifying positive elements of common interest for future negotiations under WTO.
		For least developed countries, these issues will also be addressed in the context of the Final Review of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s.
		1-1-101 Plenary and committees (2000) (8 meetings: 6 plenary and 2 committee sessions)
	www.unescap.org /55/e1143e.htm (630 words)

	U2, McCartney, Coldplay Top Live 8 Lineup - May 31, 2005 - E! Online News
		Live 8 organizers hope the massive turnout will help pressure G8 leaders to take immediate action to forgive Third World debt and establish programs to eradicate poverty and injustice in developing countries.
		Organizers are also hoping to stage concerts in the three other G8 countries: Canada, Russia and Japan.
		On Tuesday, Geldof unveiled a Live Aid sequel, dubbed Live 8, that aims to be bigger than the original and will feature a who's-who of the top music acts in the world, including Paul McCartney, U2, Coldplay, Madonna, Brian Wilson and Dave Matthews Band, participating in a series of mega-concerts.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,16658,00.html (733 words)

	U2, McCartney, Coldplay Top Live 8 Lineup - May 31, 2005 - E! Online News
		Live 8 organizers hope the massive turnout will help pressure G8 leaders to take immediate action to forgive Third World debt and establish programs to eradicate poverty and injustice in developing countries.
		Organizers are also hoping to stage concerts in the three other G8 countries: Canada, Russia and Japan.
		On Tuesday, Geldof unveiled a Live Aid sequel, dubbed Live 8, that aims to be bigger than the original and will feature a who's-who of the top music acts in the world, including Paul McCartney, U2, Coldplay, Madonna, Brian Wilson and Dave Matthews Band, participating in a series of mega-concerts.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,16658,00.html (739 words)

	life-span
		Reports say China's average life-span is 8 years shorter than that of developed countries, but 10 years longer than that of developing countries.
		Chinese women are already living for 8 years longer than the United Nations' international life-expectancy goal of 65 years by the year 2000.
		The mortality rate of 6.56 per thousand has dropped sharply since the 1980s, The recent decline in the mortality rate is attributed to lower mortality rate among children under 10 and those over 60.
	www.chinatoday.com /general/a05.htm (739 words)

	Huge rise in population of developing countries forecast -DAWN - Top Stories; 26 February, 2005
		Their populations is expected to reach 7.8 billion in 2050 from 5.3 billion now, while the population of the more developed countries will remain around 1.2 billion, it says.
		UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25: The world's population will reach 6.5 billion by July and, despite lower expected fertility rates, is likely to reach 9.1 billion by 2050, with most of the increase in developing countries, the United Nations Population Division says in its revised report for 2004.
		In 2002, the division had estimated a population in 2050 of 8.9 billion and last week, in a report sent to the 47-member UN Commission on Population and Development, had calculated the figure at 9 billion, reaching the 7 billion mark by 2012.
	www.dawn.com /2005/02/26/top15.htm (739 words)

	Developed country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Countries with an HDI of 0.8 or more — largely corresponding to what the conventional definition of being a 'developed' country is — exhibit high development, and those with an HDI between 0.5 and 0.8 (including many of the former Soviet and Eastern Bloc states) exhibit moderate development.
		This usually coincides with countries that have a high gross domestic product (GDP) per capita; however, some countries have achieved a (usually temporarily) high GDP through natural resource exploitation (e.g., Nauru through phosphate extraction and Equatorial Guinea) without developing the diverse industrial and service-based economy necessary for "developed" status.
		Some hold that rich countries grew wealthy by exploitation of poorer countries in the past, through imperialism and colonialism, or in the present, through the process of globalization.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Developed_nations (804 words)

	FAQ Forum, Income Distribution
		This implies that it would take about 60 years for a country with Latin American levels of inequality to move to the average of all developing countries.
		During this period the income of the poorest quintile in Indonesia increased at a rate of 4.8 percent a year; in Taiwan the poorest quintile did even better, with an annual rate of growth of 5.8 percent.
		This is a consequence of the strong empirical regularity that the share of income accruing to the bottom quintile does not vary systematically with average income.
	www.ecomlink.org /E_Incubator/FAQ.asp?CategoryID=902 (1949 words)

	Ian Castles and David Henderson:IPCC Issues: A Swag of Documents
		In order to move from this initial ratio of 16.7 to the postulated 1.8 in 2100, given the projected growth in the Annex 1 group, the total GDP of the Annex 2 countries is projected to rise, between 1990 and 2100, by a factor of just under 65.
		The ratio of use of energy per unit of GDP in non-OECD countries to that in OECD countries, calculated using PPPs rather than the spurious exchange-rate conversion basis favoured by the Bank (and the IPCC), is not 3.8:1 but 1.2:1.
		None of the high-income countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development now emits the volume of carbon per head that the failing Communist regime in East Germany was emitting in the late 1980s, and poverty-stricken Communist North Korea emits more carbon dioxide per head than South Korea (and most other OECD countries).
	www.lavoisier.com.au /papers/articles/IPPCissues.html (11075 words)

	eMedicine - Spinal Dysraphism/Myelomeningocele : Article by Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCP, FRCR
		NTDs exact an enormous emotional and economic toll on families and health provisions of both developed and developing countries.
		Surgery for NTDs is performed as a matter of urgency immediately after birth if CSF leakage is present or generally within the first 24-48 hours in the absence of CSF leakage.
		She is also at risk for having a baby with an NTD if she has a close relative who has had a baby with either spina bifida or anencephaly or is taking certain drugs to control epilepsy.
	www.emedicine.com /radio/topic643.htm (12718 words)

	Islam Online- News Section
		Noticeably, the rich countries are also coming under fire for the lack of action to help fight the disease in developing countries with the same vigor with which they have moved to combat terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the AIDS-afflicted countries.
		But hope is still there, with many saying the situation could be much better in Arab and Muslim countries within coming years with current efforts to raise public awareness, promote media campaigns and abandon a political manipulation of the disease.
		In Egypt, the official number of people having contracted the disease is 1,200m, with the authorities' insistence to underestimate the problem in the most populous Arab countries.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2003-12/01/article08.shtml (1324 words)

	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF PHARMACEUTICAL PATENTS: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRIPs AGREEMENT
		They were included to allow developing countries time to elaborate and adopt the required legislation, and to design any other policies necessary to minimize the possible negative effects of the new rules.
		Article 8.1, in particular, provides that "Members may, in formulating or amending their national laws and regulations, adopt measures necessary to protect public health and nutrition, and to promote the public interest in sectors of vital importance to their socio-economic and technological development, provided that such measures are consistent with the provisions of this Agreement".
		In this latter country, a decision by the Supreme Court of March 9, 1998, affirmed the exhaustion of rights doctrine with regard to the importation of copyrighted items sold in the "gray market" (Quality King Distributors Inc. v.
	www.haiweb.org /campaign/novseminar/correa2.html (1324 words)

	Strategy 8: Debt Retirement and Debt for Nature
		With some developing nations paying 30% to 40% of their foreign exchange earnings on servicing debts, they are not in the position to import goods from developed countries.
		The amount needed to retire the major portion of the developing world's debt is about 13% of the annual interest payments on the US government's debt, or 3.8% of the world's total annual military expenditures.
		Devaluation of developing nations' debts has given rise to an opportunity to retire substantial amounts of debt at a fraction of their face value.
	www.unesco.org /education/tlsf/theme_a/mod02/www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/what08.shtml (1324 words)

	Import price declines in 1986 reflected reduced oil prices. - Monthly Labor Review - HighBeam Research
		Second, prices of goods which are produced by the newly industrialized countries and developing countries were more stable as those countries' currencies did not appreciate substantially against the dollar.
		Of these countries, Canada is by far the leading supplier, with steel coming into the United States at a rate 10 percent higher in the first 10 months of 1986 than the same period in 1985.(41)
		These nations' currencies were tied to the dollar during 1986, so that when the value of the dollar fell, the newly industrialized countries did not lose the cost advantage they enjoyed.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:5028331&refid=holomed_1 (7399 words)

	Online NewsHour: Airing It Out -- December 8, 1997
		The developing countries, probably it’s true, in the year 2010, 2015, will be--probably if they go on as they do now--the great polluters, but it’s probably not fair to say, well, because of the fact that you will be a big polluter, you have to do an effort today.
		Online NewsHour: Airing It Out -- December 8, 1997
		In a continuing series on the Kyoto Conference in Japan, the NewsHour takes a look at the geopolitics of the global warming debate.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/environment/july-dec97/eu_12-8.html (1737 words)

	Mil Mi-8s Get Round-the-Clock Reconnaissance Capability from UOMZ
		In the civilian sector, UOMZ is the sole developer and manufacturer of geodetic equipment, which it has supplied to 35 countries.
		UOMZ is also developing the GOES-342 day/night battlefield observing and sighting system for Mil Mi-24/Mi-35 "Hind" attack helicopters.
		Following a Russian Ministry of Defense order placed in 1999, the first eight Mi-8MTO helicopters have already been equipped with the GOES-321 day/night gyrostabilized observing and piloting system.
	www.aviationnow.com /shownews/00farn2/hardwr01.htm (389 words)

	Authorities beefing up security for Live 8 concert (phillyBurbs.com) Pennsylvania News
		Live 8 is one of nine concerts aimed at raising awareness of poverty in developing countries, all taking place Saturday, days before G-8 leaders meet in Scotland.
		Authorities beefing up security for Live 8 concert
		Authorities beefing up security for Live 8 concert (phillyBurbs.com)
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/103-06302005-508859.html (655 words)

	Soul Shine Magazine : Neil Young to Close Canadian Live 8 Concert
		The Live 8 concerts aim to raise awareness about debt, aid, and trade issues in the developing world and put pressure on rich countries to address them.
		Catch all the action of the Live 8 concerts live on television by tuning into CTV this Saturday, July 2nd, between 11 a.m.
		With only three days until Live 8 hits the air, the lineup has yet to be confirmed, but the Pet Shop Boys are among those who have signed on.
	www.soulshine.ca /news/newsarticle.php?nid=2221 (350 words)

	D8: A Global Economic Group - Developing-8 Countries: Islamic and Republic of Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia
		D8: A Global Economic Group - Developing-8 Countries: Islamic and Republic of Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia
		Site developed and maintained by Islamic Republic of Iran based on the mandate of D-8 summit.
		To receive the latest news about D-8 add your Email address
	www.d8net.org (47 words)

	CBBC Newsround Music Live 8 concert details revealed
		The Live 8 concerts will be held to raise awareness of the Make Poverty History campaign, which aims to get the richest nations to cancel debt, increase aid and encourage trade with developing countries.
		Sir Bob Geldof is behind the Live 8 concerts
		And those not lucky enough to get a tickets will be able to watch the concerts on big screens in seven cities across Britain, and they'll also be broadcast live on BBC TV and radio.
	news.bbc.co.uk /cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4590000/newsid_4594900/4594937.stm (269 words)

	Egypt State Information Service - Harvest of the Year
		Reports of World Economic Forum on competitiveness of African countries asserted that Egypt tops the list in respect of increase of the GDP to the tune of $8 billion.
		Egypt also holds the fourth position at the level of developing countries after China, Brazil and Malaysia, and comes before South Africa, Portugal, Chili and Tunisia.
		The summit also discussed the monetary and financial policies and the means to liberalize trade among African countries, to obtain technology and realize a strategy for African evolution and integration besides combating crime, corruption and aids.
	www.sis.gov.eg /harvest/html/harv26.htm (156 words)

	GIS Implementation in Developing Countries-A United Nations Perspective
		Whereas there are development gains and losses in the precarious balance between progress and deprivation throughout developing countries, one area of increasing concern is the widening gap between the served and unserved in such basic services as water supply and sanitation.
		The ultimate beneficiaries of the programme are the citizens of cities and towns in developing countries, particularly the urban poor, who would benefit from a more participatory, transparent, and accountable system of urban management.
		For Asia-Pacific countries a complex but coherent system of interlocking arrangements has been established which is often difficult to comprehend at first glance due in part to the build up of abbreviations and acronyms for the various programmes and sub-systems.
	www.gisqatar.org.qa /conf97/links/m3.html (14111 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- United Kingdom
		Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science.
		international: country code - 44; 40 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat; at least 8 large international switching centers
		CIA - The World Factbook -- United Kingdom
	www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/uk.html (1652 words)

	Cairo declaration stresses vital role of private sector
		The draft declaration, to be issued by the D-8 third Summit in Cairo, will refer to the need of developing countries to realize social justice, lure more investments, and ensure a larger share for their products in the world market.
		The draft declaration will reflect the conviction of member states that the regional cooperation of developing countries through exchanging technical expertise and resources is a vital issue to confront the challenges of globalization.
		The draft declaration refers to the necessity that developing and developed countries comply with a fair, open-ended, multi-lateral trade system governed by fixed rules in a bid to regain confidence in the trade order.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/010224/2001022427.html (1550 words)

	Finance & Development, June 1999 - How Extensive Is the Brain Drain?
		The study on which we based this article (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998) covers migration from 61 developing countries accounting for about 70 percent of the total population of developing countries.
		Among the remaining countries, the extent of the brain drain to all OECD members is substantial—and it increases significantly compared with the U.S. data—for the Islamic Republic of Iran, Korea, and, to a lesser extent, the Philippines.
		Then, these estimates were used—together with data on migrants to OECD countries other than the United States drawn from the OECD's Continuous Reporting System on Migration—to estimate the extent of the brain drain to all OECD countries.
	www.imf.org /external/pubs/ft/fandd/1999/06/carringt.htm (2537 words)

	USAID: IED Initiative
		In late 1998, the U.S. government launched the Internet for Economic Development (IED) initiative "to help accelerate the spread of the Internet and electronic commerce to developing nations." The objective of the IED is to bridge the digital divide both between and within developing countries through digital opportunity.
		The IED seeks to empower developing countries to cross the threshold for success in expanding Internet use to boost their economies, gain access to knowledge that improves standards of living, and foster the free flow of ideas.
		By July 2000, at the time of the G-8 Summit, eight new countries were announced: Bangladesh, Guyana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Romania, and Senegal.
	www.usaid.gov /info_technology/ied (876 words)

	Europaworld 29/8/2003 Talks On Access For Low-Income Landlocked States Termed 'Grand Success'
		In addition to the 30 landlocked developing countries participating in the talks, there were 33 transit access developing countries, nine donor countries, seven additional developing countries and 20 UN and international agencies and financial institutions.
		Delegates at talks preceding the two-day conference established the Almaty Programme of Action, the first global action plan negotiated at the ministerial level that provides a framework for cooperation between landlocked and the transit access developing countries, promising reductions in red tape and transportation costs and time.
		Nine of the 12 lowest-ranking countries on the UN Human Development Index are landlocked, and economists estimate that landlocked status costs these countries about 0.7 per cent in rate of economic growth each year.
	www.europaworld.org /week142/talks29803.htm (296 words)

	wh-latest - US Department of State
		The trade ministers are expected to adopt an "outcome document" outlining the common position of landlocked developing countries to strengthen their collective negotiating capacity in the Doha round. The outcome document will be submitted to the 60th regular session of the U.N. General Assembly in September and to the WTO's Sixth Ministerial Conference in December.
		The head of that U.N. office, Anwarul Chowdhury, said at a 2003 regional meeting of landlocked developing states -- also held in Asuncion -- that landlocked states are among the poorest of the developing countries, with the weakest growth rates.
		Such disadvantages can slow the economic growth rate of a country by an average of 0.7 percent, said the U.N. Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.
	usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=August&x=20050808151218AEneerG0.2673151&t=ei/ei-latest.html (296 words)

	UN Chronicle: UNIDO becomes the United Nations 16th specialized agency on 21 June
		UNIDO shall, among other things, assist developing countries in establishing and operating industries; provide a forum and act as an instrument to serve developing and industrialized countries in their contacts, consultations and negotiations; and develop special measures designed to promote co-operation among developing countries and between the developed and developing countries.
		UNIDO's primary objective, its Constitution stipulates, is the promotion of industrial development in developing countries with a view to assisting the establishment of a new international economic order.
		Article 25 of UNIDO's new Constitution required that at least 80 countries which had already deposited instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval, notify the Secretary-General of their agreement that the Organization's new Constitution should come int force.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1309/is_v22/ai_3795616 (296 words)

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