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This information can then be used to direct finishing efforts, for example re-sequencing of problem regions.

Africa is the third remaining problem region.

Particular attention must be paid to so-called problem regions with a low level of industrial development or a high level of unemployment.

A transitional follow-up grant as set out in Amendment No 30 would certainly be a practical solution for problem regions and areas.

Most of the 35 problem regions are in the Midwest and South, which have been slower in embracing controls.

About $10 million of the charge will go toward two problem regions for Quaker: Europe and the Pacific Rim.

Russia and post-cold war problem regions like Iraq and the Pakistan-India border would have been among its surveillance targets, he said.

Mr. Stoltenberg said the Horn of Africa, which he considers the most intractable problem region, showed "the trends of our time."

Secondly, concentration efforts are distributed equally and fairly among all Member States and are not at the expense of either rural areas or other problem regions.

Southern Federal District is the most problem region of Russia with a view to the employment of population, and that is one of the causes of social tensions growth.

It must be fair in order to ensure we give priority to our poor regions without abandoning those problem regions going through the process of economic and social restructuring in wealthier Member States.

The South-East and the North-West were, in fact, doing worse than the traditional problem regions of Scotland, the North, and Wales, the last of which was doing very well.

It was argued that ERDF resources did not in fact represent truly additional aid for problem regions if such aid merely replaced expenditure that national governments would otherwise have incurred themselves.

Partly attributed to the United States' attention being focused towards problem regions such as Iraq, China has made advances in foreign affairs without much restriction from the U.S. in the 21st century.

In addition, due to a simple mechanical reality, a certain number of regions in the current European Union will no longer find themselves on the list of problem regions although their true economic situation has not really improved.

This apparently generous policy, officially intended to help problem regions, is a fool' s bargain for French taxpayers. France contributes 17% of the European budget yet will receive only 8% of the regional Structural Funds.

I do not want to compete with the previous speaker, Mr Beaupuy, in saying that, as he is talking about the problem regions in the cities, in particular, but this separation calls into question cohesion in many regions – with disastrous consequences.