"And now what has happened is that the negotiators from all of the countries have agreed, O.K.we have to focus on these numbers,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

His main research interests are in the areas of comparative political economy with the focus on the developing countries.

他主要的研究领域在于,对比性政治经济,特别是发展中国家的政治经济。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

But,he tells the U.N.experts to expand their focus to include countries like his own in their probe.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

Building upon ideas and experiences exchanged during the event, programmes on teacher development through mobile learning will be developed during 2012 in four focus countries: Mexico, Pakistan, Nigeria and Senegal.

UNESCO: WORLDWIDE

Different regions set different priorities: Eastern and southern Africa countries choose to focus on early childhood care and education, and central and west African countries focus on improving the unfinished business of Universal Primary Education.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

But in this case the critics usually focus on countries, such as Ireland, that tax companies lightly.

ECONOMIST: No harm done