Low income countries could also be promoted as retirement centres.

A concern regarding the capacity of low and middle income countries to reach the Millennium Development Goals was also expressed.

Of the 39 countries reflecting increases, all but one are low income countries.

Recognizing the urgent and specific needs of low income countries, in particular the least developed countries,

Nearly all deaths among children under five years of age (99 per cent) occur in low income countries or the poor areas of middle income countries.

For many low income countries, remittances as a share of GDP and imports are larger than in the case of middle income countries.

These small sums, equivalent to one third to one half of their annual per capita incomes, are far beyond the resources of most low income countries.

Progress also needed to be made on extending external debt cancellation to low and middle income countries.

The question of debt sustainability analysis is also key to the resolution of the debt crisis of other low and middle income countries.

It is foreseen that pertinent recommendations will subsequently be integrated into relevant UNIDO activities in low income countries.

This was necessitated primarily by the movement of six countries from the low income to the middle income category Armenia, China, Djibouti, Honduras, Sri Lanka and Ukraine.

El Salvador wishes to draw the attention of the international community to the category of low and medium income countries, to which we belong.

Contributions had been made by 19 high income, 21 middle income and 10 low income countries, with 15 countries having increased their contributions, 11 of them by 7 per cent or more.

A reformed United Nations system must, therefore, devise special mechanisms to reduce the debt burdens of low and middle income countries.

The least developed countries and other low income developing countries would require a greater share of external resources on a concessional and grant basis.

Disasters are also closely correlated with poverty, as low income countries are disproportionately affected by them.

First and foremost, we need policies in low income countries that promote economic growth.

Noting with concern that some other highly indebted low and middle income developing countries are facing serious difficulties in meeting their external debt servicing obligations,

22. Reaffirms the need for priority allocation of scarce grant resources to programmes and projects in low income countries, in particular the least developed countries

Only 12 per cent of the people in need of antiretroviral therapies in low and middle income countries were receiving them I think the President stressed that in his statement.

With due deference to the 2003 Evian approach , there has, however, been no real initiative to address the debt of low income and middle income developing countries that are not part of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative process.

But dramatic gender inequities persist in South Asia, more so than in other low income countries.

(c) Low income countries striving to attain the MDGs, but having poorly developed infrastructure and limited management or implementation capacity.

Accordingly, the Panel recommends a 100 per cent debt cancellation for all low income countries, including those not eligible for debt relief under the HIPC initiative, and significant relief for middle income countries.

Low income countries received nearly half of the 41 billion increase in remittances to developing countries from 2001 to 2004.

Mindful also that, in 2004, the International Monetary Fund will review its role in assisting low income countries over the medium term,

Such initiatives should include efforts by IMF and the World Bank to develop a debt sustainability framework for low income countries.

In doing so, we must ensure that institutions like the IMF continue to have the financial resources to help all low income countries in the future.

It had been estimated that every percentage point increase in debt service in low income countries reduced public investment by about 0.2 per cent.

Investments in physical infrastructure such as transport, water, sanitation, power and communications, unlock growth potentials and overcome geographical handicaps in low income countries.

In accordance with the priorities set by the Millennium Development Goals and other objectives of the international development agenda, UNIDO will focus its activities in low income countries.

Under option 1, both the low income country range of 85 91 per cent, and the least developed country range of 60 per cent or more, are respected.

By 2008, total resources for HIV programs in low and middle income countries were an incredible 50 times higher than they were just 12 years earlier.

As a result, under option 2, TRAC 1.1.1 resource flows to low income countries during the 2006 2007 period are maximized.

Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted on 8 September 2000, which reaffirms the need to deal comprehensively and effectively with the debt problems of low and middle income developing countries,

In lower income areas, families gave priority to boys over girls.

But in most low income countries and in nearly all the least developed countries, the maximum that can be raised by such efforts will fall far short of what is needed to reach the Millennium Development Goals.

Also under Option 2, both the low income country range of 85 per cent and 91 per cent, and the LDC range of 60 per cent or more, are respected.

In 2008, India s female labor force participation rate averaged 35 , while low income countries averaged 58 .

Mention is not made of other low income countries not included in the HIPC Initiative which might need full debt cancellation to reach their Millennium Development Goals.

The major challenge now is mainly to assist the African continent and, of course, other relevant low income countries, to accelerate progress towards the MDGs.

The debt problems faced by many low and middle income developing countries continue to severely constrain their ability to accelerate economic development and to achieve the MDGs.

26. Recognizes the urgent and specific needs of low income countries, in particular the least developed countries, and stresses the need to continue to assist those countries, including through the existing institutions and funding mechanisms of the United Nations development system

The expansion of many developing countries' trade and economic growth contrasts sharply with the difficulties faced by many low income countries in integrating themselves beneficially into world trade and into the global economy.

Acknowledges that in the least developed countries and in several low and middle income countries unsustainable levels of external debt continue to create a considerable barrier to economic and social development and increase the risk that the Millennium Development Goals regarding development and poverty reduction will not be attained