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The report says record levels of exports, foreign direct investments and overseas development aid account for the record levels of economic growth in the world's least developed countries.

It says aid from rich countries to poor countries doubled to $25 billion between 1999 and 2004. It says some of the poorest countries profited from high demand for oil and other natural resources as well as record merchandise exports of nearly $58 billion. In addition, the report notes private foreign investment amounted to a record $10.7 billion.

But the secretary-general of UNCTAD, Supachai Panitchpakdi, says these riches were not spread evenly among all the less-developed countries. And this is cause for concern.

"Real GDP per capita stagnated or declined in one-third of LDCs in 2004," he said. "Second issue for concern is that the sustainability for growth is rather fragile as it is highly dependent on trends in commodity prices, particularly oil prices, which seem to be quite volatile. Also, trends in external finance, preferences for export of manufactured goods and climatic and weather conditions."

Supachai says these trends are not always stable. He says an overall increase in gross domestic product is not as important as providing people with jobs that provide a decent living.

该报告指出，出口、国外直接投资和海外开发援助的最高水准说明了世界最不发达国家经济增长的最高水准。
报告还指出，1999至2004年间富国对穷国的援助翻了一番，达到了250亿美元。一些最贫穷国家从石油和其他自然资源的高需求以及近580亿美元的创纪录的商品出口中获利。此外，报告提到国外私人投资总计达到了创纪录的107亿美元。
但贸发会议秘书长素帕猜•巴尼巴滴（Supachai Panitchpakdi）称，这些财富不是在所有不发达国家之间平均分配的，这是需要关注的问题。
“2004年三分之一的不发达国家的人均实际GDP停滞不前或有所下降，”，他说：“要关注的第二个问题是增长的可持续性很不稳定，这是因为其高度依赖商品价格的走势，特别是看来极不稳定的汽油价格。同时它还取决于外部财务、制成品的优惠以及气候和天气状况的趋势。”

素帕猜称这些趋势通常并不稳定。他还说，国内生产总值的总体增长还不如为人们提供能带来像样生活的工作重要。

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2. least是最高级，Least Developed Country 应该是“最不发达国家”；LCD = Less Developed Country 是不发达国家。

3. 注意断句。record levels of (exports, foreign direct investments and overseas development aid)的结构应该是 record levels of (exports, foreign direct investments and overseas development aid)而不是 (record levels of exports), foreign direct investments and overseas development aid 这一点要看清楚。还有“Real GDP per capita stagnated or declined in (one-third of LDCs in 2004) ”的断句。还有些，不一一列举了。

4. 新闻的翻译要力求简洁；做到言简意赅、要言不烦。“穷国”就比“贫穷国家”简洁；“联合国贸易和发展会议”可简称为“贸发会议”。

5. 有时能直译就直译，比如，rich countries/poor countries还是把它们处理为“富国/穷国” 。

6. 注意record的用法：
* [attrib 作定语] a record performance, score, time 刷新记录的表现、得分、时间
* record profits, sales, crops 创记录的利润、销售额、收成.