Sentences with phrase «cent of national income as»

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Unite has warned of a debt disease as National incomes fell by more than 13 per cent this year compared to the start of the recession four years ago, according the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

In a policy described as «hard - headed - but not hard - hearted», the Tories reiterated their commitment to spending 0.7 per cent of national income on international development, meeting the target set by the United Nations.

The EU12 group of recent entrants to the EU including Cyprus and Malta as well as Eastern European countries - has promised to spend 0.17 per cent of national income on aid by 2010 and 0.33 per cent by 2015.

Petra Hedorfer, chief executive, German National Tourist Board, sees the latest results as further proof of the increasing attractiveness of Germany as a holiday destination: «According to the IPK, in the last two years (2013 and 2014) the leisure travel market from Europe and overseas have each grown more than seven per cent - more than the entire incoming tourism for each of those years.

Petra Hedorfer, chief executive of the German National Tourist Board, explained: «Both in the first half of the year and in the summer season, the incoming has clearly once more gained dynamic momentum: from January to September 2016 the increase in international overnights remained high at 1.6 per cent, but we will generate twice as much growth this year.

The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for Australia's aid groups, has published a detailed analysis, saying Australia's aid contribution as a share of gross national income in 2017 - 18 will be 0.22 per cent, «once again plunging aid to new all - time low levels of generosity» and failing to match - up to the reality of global challenges, like climate change, food crises and the insecurity faced by displaced people.