(a) Estimates of gross national income

Current earmarkings are based on gross national income (GNI) per capita for 2001.

a Low income GNI per capita of 735 and less.

We repeat the goal is only 0.7 per cent of gross national income.

The fishing industry contributes 1.3 per cent to the Territory's GDP.

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

Total income for 2004 amounted to US 1,001.2 million.

We are encouraged by efforts to meet the goal of 0.7 per cent of gross national income for ODA.

First, the scale for 2007 2009 should be based on the most current available GNI data.

Lower middle income GNI per capita between 736 and 2,935.

c 2003 per capita GNI estimate based on United Nations Statistics Division data.

However, although GNI was the best approximation of capacity to pay, it was not the only one.

The huge surge in the GDP growth rate of the more diversified economies brought overall per capita income up to its highest rate of 2.7 per cent.

Countries have long used national income accounts, with GDP as the main indicator, to describe economic performance.

The current shocks to GDP have led to falling levels of per capita income and brought widespread poverty.

The US federal deficit is an alarming 12 of GDP, and public debt as a share of national income is already projected to double, to 80 of GDP.

In low income countries, half of all health care spending (about 2.5 of GDP) is out of pocket (compared to 2 in middle income countries).

Since after tax personal income accounts for about 75 of GDP, a household saving rate of 6 translates into just 4.5 of GDP.

The European Union has now set a clear timetable to achieve the 0.7 per cent target for aid.

Shifting income from those who would spend it to those who won t lowers aggregate demand.

But, despite their robust base and low administrative costs, excise taxes currently amount to less than 2 of low income countries GDP, compared to roughly 3 in high income countries.

From the outset, we have led the efforts to increase this assistance to 0.7 per cent of gross national income by 2015.

As stated in paragraph 1, the recalculation uses 2003 per capita GNI and population data.

It had no objection to the use of GNI data covering periods up to 2004 in preparing the scale of assessments for 2007 2009.

To correct this, China needs to boost its people s sense of future financial security and affect a rise in private income commensurate with GDP growth.

In the US, the poorest 20 of households receive just 5 of total income, putting their income at around one fourth of the national average.

As such, we welcome the recommitment to the Monterrey and Johannesburg outcomes and the renewed emphasis upon the achievement of the target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income for official development assistance.

However, the principal element of the methodology should continue to be capacity to pay, the most accurate reflection of which was gross national income (GNI).

If average annual economic growth is 5 per cent, the average resources needed would only represent 0.6 per cent of annual GDP.

The growth of gross national income (GNI) in developing countries outpaced the growth in debt in 2004, improving the total debt to income ratio for all developing countries to an estimated 35.2 per cent, down from 38.6 per cent in 2003.

Exports have remained the main driver of economic performance for the ASEAN countries, contributing to 5.8 regional GDP growth in 2006. ASEAN foreign direct investment (FDI) flows reached US 38 billion in 2005, up by 48 from the previous year.

Because of their pressure, employment fell, reducing the share of wages in total national income by 10 over the past 30 years.

The overall poverty rate (Low Income Cutoffs After Tax) for Newfoundland and Labrador has decreased from 12.8 percent in 2000 to 9.6 percent in 2002.

The consolidated primary surplus is 5 per cent of GDP and reserves have increased from nearly ten billion dollars to over twenty five billion.

All developed countries should make timetables for reaching the target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income for international development assistance by the year 2015.

The representative of the European Union had stated that the most accurate reflection of capacity to pay was gross national income (GNI) and that there could be no basis for exceptions to that principle.

It took responsibility for obligations that amounted to a multiple of Ireland s national income, driving up government debt to more than 1,300 of GDP.

The increases and decreases therein result from changes in per capita GNI and population data as calculated using the agreed distribution methodology.

11 Dani Rodrik has argued that the ratio of trade to the gross domestic product of African countries is commensurate with their per capita income levels and their populations.

How should one compare growth records among a group of similar, developed countries? The best measure is not overall GDP growth, but the growth of income per head of the working age population (not per capita).

Globally, the average gross revenue earned from locations where sea turtles were a major attraction for tourists was 2.9 times higher than areas where they were consumed as food.

European Union At EU level, the gender pay gap is defined as the relative difference in the average gross hourly earnings of women and men within the economy as a whole.

It favoured a six year base period for the scale of assessments, since it would help to smooth out the impact of short term fluctuations in GNI and promote stability in the scale.

This year, the budget deficit stands at a peacetime record of around 10 of GNP, much higher than in other high income countries.

Rates and rules for personal and corporate income taxes appear reasonable by international standards. Nonetheless, India's government collects income taxes amounting to only about 3.7 of GDP, about half that in South Korea and the other Asian tigers.