But many think that middle-income countries in the Middle East and Asia could afford to pay more.
This kind of achievement has encouraged countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, from Mongolia to Morocco, to establish funds.
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Another issue is the growing influence of "sovereign wealth funds" that are becoming a hallmark of foreign government investment from countries in Asia and the Middle East.
Most of these countries are in Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and the former Soviet states.
Today, General Lloyd Austin became the first African-American to lead the U.S. Central Command, which has a wide-ranging area of responsibility for 20 countries in the Middle East and southwest Asia.
This is a significant trend for Visa and other payment technology providers such as MasterCard, American Express and Discover Financial as it signifies the importance of growth opportunity that exists in Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Latin American countries.
Most of this increase will be in countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
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Its phones are already available in 18 countries across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and Acer says it has sold slightly under 300, 000 units this year.
Jobs that form the backbone of the middle class in developed countries in Europe, North America and Asia.
As in the Middle East and Central Asia, the FARC has a presence in countries such as Ecuador and possibly Bolivia.
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Nor does Asia have consumer lobbies to match those in western countries, although a middle class of wiser and more demanding shoppers is starting to appear, especially in more developed markets.
Unlike the West or even places like the Middle East, though, much of the new wealth being created in Asia is emerging in countries where rich people see their assets at risk, either because of unreliable governments or unloved ones.
With the acquisition of ALICO, MetLife holds leading market positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, serving roughly 90 million customers in over 60 countries.
Countries that enjoyed upward momentum this year tended to be located in Asia or the Middle East.
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Petraeus, who took over Friday as head of U.S. Central Command, is overseeing his own review across the 20 countries that make up the command's area of operations in the Middle East and Asia.
The World Bank reports that the majority of reforms have taken place in rich countries: since 2004 59% of them have improved their systems compared with 33% of poorer countries in East Asia, 22% in Latin America, 16% in the Middle East and 13% in South Asia.
Journalism instructors with work experience in developing countries or emerging democracies were then carefully selected from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America to write the syllabuses for seventeen core courses.
But the idea has also spread to eastern Europe and Asia and may even be reaching the bankruptcy-averse Muslim world (last year ten Middle Eastern and north African countries signed a joint declaration on planned reforms).
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