per region (net)

budgets (by region) Per cent

This represents 83 per cent of the Africa region, 77 per cent of the Asia and the Pacific region, 94 per cent of the Latin America and the Caribbean region, and 70 per cent of the Other region.

Region wide, the average percentage of GDP earmarked for social spending in the ECLAC region rose from 10.1 per cent to 13.8 per cent.

In the Africa region, they are South Africa (24 per cent), Nigeria (15 per cent) and Cameroon (10 per cent).

Asia and the Pacific region were second with 287 (33 per cent), followed by North America and the Caribbean region with 76 (9 per cent) and the Middle East with 66 (8 per cent).

A total of 75.3 per cent of the consultants were local and 24.7 per cent came either from the region or subregion or from outside the region.

A total of 24.7 per cent came either from the region or subregion or from outside the region.

Average fertility in the region is currently 2.5 children per woman.

In the Latin America and the Caribbean region, they are Brazil (32 per cent), Mexico (19 per cent) and Argentina (13 per cent).

The central region has the highest rates of poverty (41 per cent) and extreme poverty (57.1 per cent).

ODA now accounts for 80 per cent of all financial flows into the region, and amounts to 11 per cent in relation to the region apos s entire GDP.

The exception was the African region, where 33 per cent reported positively.

For the Other region, Azerbaijan is the largest emitter (45 per cent).

(i) 10.4 million relates to the Africa region, representing 8 per cent of the total net budget for that region

(ii) 9.6 million relates to the Asia region, representing 15 per cent of the total net budget for that region

The Asia and the Pacific region has an average per capita emission of 2.6 tonnes, the Latin America and the Caribbean region has 4.6 tonnes, and the Other region has the highest average per capita emission, with 5.1 tonnes.

Parties in this region proposed 50 per cent of all forest sector projects.

In 2003, the region hosted some 28 per cent of OFDI from Singapore.

Africa 23 countries, or 53 per cent of the countries in the region

Asia 21 countries, or 43 per cent of the countries in the region

Europe 30 countries, or 65 per cent of the countries in the region

The Africa region has the lowest average per capita emission with 2.4 tonnes.

(iii) 6.3 million relates to the Latin American region, representing 16 per cent of the total net budget for that region

(iv) 4.5 million relates to the Arab States region, representing 12 per cent of the total net budget for that region

The Africa region has the lowest average per capita emission with 2.4 tonnes figures for the Asia and the Pacific region and the Latin America and the Caribbean region are 2.6 and 4.6 tonnes, respectively and the Other region has the highest average per capita emission at 5.1 tonnes.

There were few major regional differences, Africa being the region with the lowest percentage (31 per cent), followed by Asia (41 per cent), Oceania (50 per cent), the Americas (56 per cent) and Europe (65 per cent).

In 1992, the latter coefficient was 282 per cent for the region as a whole, compared to 290 per cent in 1991 and 310 per cent in 1989.

Europe was the region where most States had entered into bilateral and multilateral agreements (36 per cent and 67 per cent, respectively).

This factor has been taken into account by providing in column 3 the average 1994 1995 biennial cost per office per region.

On average, the region receives less than 15 inches (381mm) of rainfall per year.

Latin America 21 countries, or 64 per cent of the countries in the region

Arab States 19 countries, or 86 per cent of the countries in the region.

No region has reported a rate of coverage nearing or surpassing 75 per cent.

The Latin America and the Caribbean region has 4.6 tonnes average per capita emission.

All those in region III had falling per capita GDP and falling savings shares.

Some 44 per cent of the region apos s population is living in poverty.

Participants 6 from Asian Pacific region and 6 from the United States per session.

In the Asia and the Pacific region, the three largest emitters are China (51 per cent), India (15 per cent) and the Islamic Republic of Iran (5 per cent).

In each region, some 87 per cent of UNDP resources went to least developed countries (those with a gross national product per capita of less than 750 per year).

Throughout the 1990s, Asia remained the most favoured host region, accounting for about 47 per cent 52 per cent of OFDI from Singapore.

The gross domestic product (GDP) of the region as a whole grew by 2.4 per cent, compared to 3.5 per cent in 1991.

Growth for the Latin American region as a whole averaged 3 per cent in 1992.

The share of the region in world GDP is expected to rise from 13.8 per cent in 1990 to 16 per cent in 2000.

In 2004, the Latin America and Caribbean region collectively represented over 31 per cent of total programme expenditure (42 per cent in 2003) and 88 per cent of total local resources expenditure (87 per cent in 2003).