Gross national savings are low, reflecting the depth of poverty in Sierra Leone and the overall weaknesses of financial institutions.

The ratio of savings to gross domestic product has risen.

(a) Estimates of gross national income

Can We Increase Gross National Happiness?

(a) Estimates of the gross national product

Population assistance in relation to gross national product

The Committee recognizes the overall savings of 9,463,300 gross achieved by ONUB for the period from 21 April to 30 June 2004.

Why don't we care more about gross national happiness?

The per capita gross national product (GNP) is around 850.

Governments, he says, should aim to maximize their people s Gross National Happiness rather than their Gross National Product. Does this new emphasis on happiness represent a shift or just a passing fad?

We repeat the goal is only 0.7 per cent of gross national income.

This shows you life expectancy against gross national income how rich countries are on average.

That assistance has exceeded 3.5 per cent of our gross national product in recent years.

Hence, my delegation welcomes the efforts of those donor countries that have achieved the 0.7 per cent target of gross national income as official development assistance (ODA), with 0.2 per cent of gross national income for the least developed countries.

Peacekeeping scale levels based on average per capita gross national product (PCGNP) of all Member States

Steps to quantify and include the unremunerated domestic activities of women in the gross national product.

Programme expenditure in 2004 for countries classified according to gross national income and under five mortality ratesa

Developing nations should increase national funding for basic education to at least 3 of Gross Domestic Product.

The Advisory Committee notes from table 2 that the decrease results from savings owing to the favourable rate of exchange of the United States dollar against the Tanzania shilling and the Rwanda franc ( 867,700 gross, 850,200 net) and lower requirements under post incumbency and other charges ( 4,592,400 gross, 4,963,900 net), offset by the impact of changes in inflation (additional requirements of 2,152,800 gross, 1,938,200 net).

Apart from accounting for the global divergence in savings rates, tight credit constraints in China might explain the country s high, and rising, savings rate especially as the large rise in national savings is attributable mostly to household savings. This would mean that China s much publicized effort to boost domestic consumption might in fact call for appropriate credit market reforms.

You know, there's a small country nestled in the Himalayan Mountains, far from these beautiful mountains, where the people of the Kingdom of Bhutan have decided to do something different, which is to measure their gross national happiness rather than their gross national product.

As reaffirmed at Monterrey and Brussels, 0.20 per cent of gross national product should be directed towards LDCs.

In search of a more balanced society that combines economic prosperity, social cohesion, and environmental sustainability, Bhutan famously pursues Gross National Happiness rather than Gross National Product. Many other countries including the United Kingdom are now following Bhutan s lead in surveying their citizenry about life satisfaction.

Five countries have reached the official development assistance (ODA) target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income (GNI).

Real per capita gross national income (GNI), in 1997 dollars, dropped by 33.4 per cent from 1,860 to 1,237.

Notes that requirements for the United Nations Office in Timor Leste, after taking into account the utilization of savings of 6,301,700 under the United Nations Advance Mission in the Sudan, amount to 15,638,200 ( 17,480,400 gross)

Including interest payments on past deficits, the tab for 2006 alone was over 800 billion dollars roughly 6.5 of US gross national product. Even more staggeringly, US borrowing now soaks up more than two thirds of the combined excess savings of all the surplus countries in the world, including China, Japan, Germany, and the OPEC states.

Bhutan has a Gross National Happiness Commission, chaired by the prime minister, which screens all new policy proposals put forward by government ministries. If a policy is found to be contrary to the goal of promoting gross national happiness, it is sent back to the ministry for reconsideration.

Low income countries in the normal process of development, for example, receive steady inflows of official foreign assistance of about 3 of their gross national income. By contrast, aid reached 95 of gross national income in Rwanda soon after the conflict ended, but fell to 20 within five years.

The Yètè Mali Savings Network or savings and loan cooperative.

So Bhutan has this really wacky thing where they base most of their high level governmental decisions around the concept of gross national happiness instead of gross domestic product, and they've been doing this since the '70s.

And he finished his talk with the phrase, that, The gross national product measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile.

France and Europe are committed to a specific timetable for reaching the objective of 0.7 per cent of gross national product.

Tackling social and environmental problems at the same time with the same solution yields great cost savings, wealth generation and national security.

Notes that requirements for the United Nations Office in Timor Leste, after taking into account the utilization of savings of 6,301,700 dollars under the United Nations Advance Mission in the Sudan, amount to 15,638,200 dollars (17,480,400 dollars gross)

Forty years ago, Bhutan s fourth king, young and newly installed, made a remarkable choice Bhutan should pursue gross national happiness rather than gross national product. Since then, the country has been experimenting with an alternative, holistic approach to development that emphasizes not only economic growth, but also culture, mental health, compassion, and community.

With the US trade deficit the major global imbalance, attention should focus on how to increase its national savings a question that US governments have struggled with for decades, and one that was frequently debated when I was chair of President Clinton s Council of Economic Advisers. While it s true that tax preferences might yield slightly higher private savings, the loss of tax revenues would more than offset the gains, thereby actually reducing national savings.

As a function of a country apos s gross national product (GNP), the cost had shown a steady rise over the years.

By 2010, this will account for 0.56 per cent of the Union's collective gross national income an annual additional 20 billion euros.

From the outset, we have led the efforts to increase this assistance to 0.7 per cent of gross national income by 2015.

However, the ability to tap into domestic savings and issue bonds in national currency reduces exposure to abrupt changes in foreign investors' confidence.

7. Notes that requirements for the United Nations Office in Timor Leste, after taking into account the utilization of savings of 6,301,700 dollars under the United Nations Advance Mission in the Sudan, amount to 17,480,400 dollars gross (15,638,200 dollars net)

Many countries represented here have reiterated and reaffirmed their commitment to increasing their cooperation to 0.7 per cent of their gross national income.

A number of rich countries consistently refuse to honour their 30 year commitment to share 0.7 per cent of their gross national product.

We recall their commitment to increase their official development assistance to a level equivalent to 0.7 per cent of their gross national income.