Crime rates continued a long-term pattern of large regional disparities, the report showed.

Those who have access received on average 10 hours of electricity a day, with very large disparities among the areas covered.

Asia's large economic disparities are a source of major continuing tension in the region.

Doing so would create a large disparity in available funds and most likely a disadvantage at the polls.

In Nigeria, there are large disparities between the education that boys and girls receive.

However, the largest disparities are most prominent in minority groups.

Most striking, here and throughout the country, is the large racial disparity.

"In addition, there are very large disparities even within these countries," he added.

This large and continuously increasing disparity must not be allowed to grow larger.

So far no attempts have been made to address these large statistical disparities.