The less developed countries were also saying we don't want to be compelled to do any of these.
The Vatican said they had a "cordial" private conversation about the financial crisis "and the duty to pursue initiatives benefiting the less developed countries".
The irony is inescapable and the story a familiar one, as the developed world again turns to the less developed countries in hopes of powering their economies.
In the less-developed countries of South Asia and Southeast Asia family fortunes and homegrown foundations are taking on more of the causes that for decades were addressed by Western giants such as the Ford and Rockefeller foundations.
And therein lies the great news for countries with less developed higher education sectors than the United States.
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They all have faster growth rates and much less debt than the developed countries.
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The high-debt less-developed countries (LDCs) and developing countries would be justifiably angry in regarding this development as an effort by the OECD countries to tilt the international economic and financial playing field in favor of the Soviet Bloc -- leaving the LDCs and developing democracies even further out in the cold during the 1990's.
The World Bank has a project that studies the barriers to growth in less-developed countries.
But in less developed countries, the promise of cheaper calls may be outweighed by the desire to protect the revenues of state-owned incumbents.
But if the smaller and scalable technologies prove effective, they will establish valuable niche markets for themselves not just among the TVAs of the world but also among those local utilities and less developed countries that need a clean and continuous source of power.
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Sir Paul said the developed countries had a responsibility to help those less well off.
To get back in balance, the developed countries need more people making wealth and less shuffling it around.
Sure, some might add a keyboard or monitor: but I really would bet good money that many currently under or less developed countries just never will go through the PC phase.
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Bush has said he opposes the Kyoto treaty in part because it does not include less-developed countries that collectively are significant consumers of fossil fuels and because it could have a negative impact on the U.S. economy.
Whereas in developed countries sometimes we can be less aware of the global issues.
But in most developed countries, the need for a safety net seems much less.
When it comes to economic integration and exchanges, I am completely sympathetic to the fact that there are challenges around monetary policy in developed and less-developed countries.
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There is also growing optimism that Pakistan will get generous terms for rescheduling its debt with the Paris Club - a club of rich states which lend money to less developed countries.
In mid-April, dozens of protest groups are planning to converge on Washington to highlight their opposition to the policies of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, which they say are impoverishing less developed countries.
Here the low price of petrol, much less than half of that in other developed countries, has predictably resulted in ever-larger and heavier vehicles that consume more fuel and road, and generate more pollution, than is necessary.
"The appetite for Internet access is actually going to be more intense in less-developed countries, " says Bronfman.
Though developed countries remain the biggest spenders, recent attention has centred on less traditional sources of capital.
Covering all regions of the world, these projects allow for the implementation of prevention programmes, the formulation of specific legislation against doping and the implementation of activities that strengthen capacities to fight against doping, especially in less developed countries.
The UK's statistical authority also emphasised that the UK's pension system was far less generous than that of many other economically developed countries.
As for the western states' mineral and farm exports, they will surely grow over time as less developed Asian countries such as China, Vietnam and Indonesia increasingly industrialise and switch to more meat and grain in their diets.
"Like a giant welfare cheat, Gorbachev is trying to muscle the Soviet Union to the head of the line for U.S. emergency assistance, pushing aside the more urgent and deserving needs of men, women, and children from some 40 less-developed countries in desperate economic straits, " said Jennifer J.
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Mr Shapiro also warns that physically small and less well-developed countries, such as South Korea and Vietnam, are more vulnerable because the effects of a pandemic will be more pervasive there.
The Asus Foundation has financed green projects but mostly backs IT-related philanthropy, such as sending computers to less developed countries.
Visitors arriving from less developed countries where TB is more prevalent may get little medical attention even if they admit to having the disease.
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