In the long run, countries that save more tend to have higher standards of living.

He says countries with high debt, like Japan, tend to have weak job growth.

Those most vulnerable countries also tend to be the poorest.

In other words, the further from the equator the more developed a country tends to be.

Other advanced industrial countries face the same choice, but have tended to do more baking.

These countries tend to be caught in armed conflict among other development traps.

African countries don't tend to make the news when they're peaceful and lack global economic impact.

These countries tended to keep the best seed for their own use.

Imports would not be enough, since many third countries tend to keep their production for the domestic market. They are right to do so.

European countries tended to offer expertise, supplies and equipment instead of money.