Progress on greater market access for the least developed countries has been disappointing so far.
Currently, 48 countries with a combined population of 610.5 million are identified as "least developed countries".
As so often in politics, the most eye-catching proposals are also the least developed.
Miss Thompson says she is impressed that Kazakhstan has at least developed a plan to handle oil spills.
The province of Sistan Baluchistan is one of the least developed and one of the poorest areas of Iran.
Bolivia is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Latin America.
When he does, he's largely thinking about Asia, next to Africa still the least developed of the world's regional Webs.
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The outcome of the Conference was embodied in the Paris Declaration and the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries.
Number three, we must have financing that helps developing countries adapt, particularly the least developed and most vulnerable countries to climate change.
They provide the least developed countries with the tools for enhancing the quality of scientific research in keeping with rapid scientific advances.
The CAR has a history of coups and army mutinies, as well as endemic corruption, and remains one of Africa's least developed nations.
To respond to the challenges posed by their situation, the United Nations held the first Conference on Least Developed Countries in Paris in 1981.
This conference provides an opportunity to lay a firm foundation for solid growth and progress for Least Developed Countries over the next 10 years.
The issue of how money from this "top tier" of countries can make its way to the least developed countries is a fraught one.
Formulate project proposals and mobilise extra-budgetary resources to support operational projects for the benefit of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), with emphasis on multidisciplinary and science policy projects.
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By providing young people with the capabilities for critical thinking, secondary education can help improve overall standards of living, especially in the least developed countries.
And at a time when poverty threatens to overtake hundreds of millions of people, especially in the least developed world, we need the promise of prosperity.
The measures are embodied in the Programme of Action adopted at the Second United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries held in Paris in September 1990.
Nor are they all targeted at the poor: many of the world's poorest people live neither in the 50 least developed countries nor in Europe's ex-colonies.
Encouragingly, the proportion covered in sub-Saharan Africa, the worst-affected area and the one with the least developed health infrastructure, is slightly higher than the global average, at 44%.
Donor countries should increase the volume of aid flows going to water and sanitation programs and target it to the least developed countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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The Centre will provide advanced training and research for scientists from Central and Eastern European countries, and will also reach out to scientists from the least developed countries in Africa.
All of them, with the exception of Nauru, were classified as Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and all of them faced significant challenges in raising the effectiveness of their education workforce.
There are a heck of a lot of them - the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis) and the Least Developed Countries bloc (LDCs) have more than 70 members combined.
The Republic of the Gambia is one of the least developed and poorest countries in Africa, with an economy that is heavily dependent on agriculture and the processing of agricultural products.
Of the eight member countries, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and the Maldives come under the Least Developed Countries bloc while India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are in the Developing Country group.
This Fund is aimed at enhancing South-South cooperation for capacity building in education and science for the benefit of the Least Developed Countries, Small Island States and in support of the Priority Africa agenda.
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However, the cost of adaptation is already considered to represent between 5 and 10 per cent of the GDP of affected countries, which is a significant sum, especially for the economies of the least developed countries.
The allocation under this fund is utilized to enhance South-South cooperation for capacity building in education and science for the benefit of the Least Developed Countries, Small Island States and in support of the Priority Africa agenda.
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