11.   Boys are often fed before girls in many developing regions, and the effects of malnutrition on women are passed on to the children they breast feed.

12.   He urged more Portuguese and East Timorese in Portugal to visit the province to get a better picture of the developing region.

13.   In many developing regions, gender bias often leaves women and young girls more susceptible to malnutrition since boys often are fed first.

14.   In non-power applications, the industrialisation of countries in the developing regions will create new avenues for nuclear technology to grow.

15.   The archipelago is now relying more on interisland shipping to bridge production and consumption centers by transporting cargo and passengers from one rapidly developing region to another.

16.   The continent has swallowed more money than any other developing region in the world and shown little progress, they said.

17.   The disparities are less severe in Latin America, relatively better-off than other developing regions, and most drastic in Africa.

18.   The report said that among developing regions, Latin America and the Caribbean are the star performer in attracting investment.

19.   The vast majority of those infected in Africa and other developing regions cannot afford the drugs that are prolonging life among AIDS patients in the West.

20.   In developing regions, activity had been stronger in Asia than in Africa, the Middle East or in Latin America.