By comparison, low-income countries on average have an adult literacy rate of approximately 60 percent.
But only $12 billion went to low-income countries in a form that could be deemed budget support for basic needs.
High death tolls are still a characteristic of less developed, low-income countries.
Only an estimated 20 percent of small firms in low-income countries have access to credit.
Historically it has taken 15-25 years for new vaccines to reach children in low-income countries.
To explore what a lower death rate would do for low-income countries in the long term, see our article on a world without illness.
Literacy rates were only 52%, compared 61% among low-income countries around the world.
The fund, he said, should have a "limited" role in providing assistance to low-income countries.
The Commissioner has referred to the urgent need to talk to the low-income countries in the developing world.
That is not just a slogan but a reality in so many low-income countries.
