Sentence examples for proportion of developing countries from inspiring English sources

She said that Mr. D'Escoto would dedicate himself to strengthening the power of the General Assembly, a body with a high proportion of developing countries and a festering resentment of the power of the 15-member Security Council and its five veto-bearing permanent members, Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.

Here it should be recalled, as was noted in Chapter 10, that the relative emphasis upon the Field Programme in terms of volume and resources, as compared with the Regular Programme, has increased substantially over the years, reflecting to a considerable degree the change in the proportion of developing countries among FAO's members.

In 2005 exports were a far higher proportion of the output of developing countries than of rich countries, leaving emerging markets more at risk from a drop in American demand.

By 1999, high-tech goods made up a larger proportion of the exports of developing countries than of industrial ones.A decade ago, scientists in Bangkok wasted hours each day seething and choking in stationary traffic.

Progress has been made on the overall debt burden of developing countries, with the proportion of external debt service to export revenue falling from 12% in 2000 to 3% in 2013.

This is true particularly for the poor or near-poor in rural areas of developing countries, where large proportions of the population are typically dependent on a relatively low technology agricultural sector whose productivity is heavily influenced by exogenous weather conditions.

The proportions of people with AE are higher in developed countries and urban areas of developing countries than in rural areas.

However, their proportion was lower than those of developed countries likely due to the younger Saudi population.

However, the proportion of those developing countries that have not yet designated an enquiry point for TBT regulations continues to be relevant.

Fatal burns account for a large proportion of mortality in developing countries, and are the third cause of mortality due to trauma in the paediatric population worldwide.

A large proportion of burns in developing countries are related to the nature of domestic appliances used for cooking, heating, and lighting.