developing countries/nations• The unevenimpact of the debt crisis on developing countries can be seen in each of four groups.• Through membership of the International Labour Organisation, developing countriescommit themselves to its coreprinciples.• Road transportaccounts for one-fifth of world carbon-dioxide output, and the share may grow as developing countries get wheels.• Average birth rates for women in developing countries have fallen from six per woman to three in the past three decades.• Deepstructural changes will be necessary in developing countries if literacy is to go beyond the citadels of the elites.• Innovations in this area could lead to a positiveflow of information from developing countries to the North.• Developed countries are responsible for most past and presentemissions: developing countries will account for nearly all futuregrowth.• It report points out that, in many developing countries, women are primarily responsible for subsistencefarming.