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A culture is a way of life of a group of people--the behaviors, beliefs, values, andsymbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that arepassed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next.

The culture of India is the way of living of the people of India . India's

languages, religions, dance, music di ers from others as for a di erent type ofdance has its own music, architecture, food, and customs di ers from place toplace within the country.

The culture of Africa is varied and manifold, consisting of a mixture of tribesthat each have their own unique characteristics. t is a product of the diversepopulations that today inhabit the continent of Africa and the African !iaspora .African culture is expressed in its arts and crafts, folklore and religion, clothing,cuisine, music and languages. "#$

The culture of the United States of America is primarily %estern , but isin&uenced by African , 'ative American , Asian , (olynesian , and )atin American cultures. A strand of what may be described as American culture started itsformation over #*,*** years ago with the migration of (aleo- ndians from Asia ,+ceania, and urope, into the region that is today the continental nited tates .

The culture of Japan has evolved greatly over the millennia, from the country/sprehistoric 01mon period, to its contemporary modern culture , which absorbsin&uences from Asia, urope, and 'orth America.

t is in&uenced by the 2/s history as a developed island country, a liberaldemocracy and a ma3or power, its predominantly 4hristian religious life, and itscomposition of four countries5 England , 'orthern Ireland , cotland and %ales5each of which has distinct customs, cultures and symbolism.

Historically, French culture was influenced by Celtic and Gallo-Roman cultures as well asthe Franks, a Germanic tribe. France was initially defined as the western area of Germanyknown as Rhineland but it later came to refer to a territory that was known as Gaul during theIron Age and Roman era. an !", !#"$

%hile 6erman exerts its in&uence on the countries thatborder it 5 Austria , 7elgium, 48ech 9epublic, !enmark, :rance, )uxembourg,'etherlands, Switzerland and (oland 5 all of these cultures have, in varyingdegrees, had a hand in shaping today/s 6ermany.

The culture of Australia is essentially a %estern culture in&uenced by the uniquegeography of the Australian continent, the diverse input of Aboriginal , TorresStrait Islander and other +ceanian people, the 7ritish colonisation of Australiathat began in #;

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Part I on “Major Trends in Developing Countries' Trade Performance” documents a number of keydevelopments in orld merc!andise trade" #ee footnote $

% T!e s!are of manufactures in orld merc!andise trade fluctuated in t!e range of && () percent bet een $*+, and $*-&. t!en increased s!arply. reac!ing +& per cent by $**&/

% 0fter peaking at 1- per cent in $*-) 2mainly due to e3ports of fuels4. t!e s!are of developingcountries in orld merc!andise trade declined until t!e second !alf of t!e $*-)s. after !ic! itresumed gro ing as petroleum prices bottomed out and t!e developing countries continued toe3pand t!eir s!are of orld trade in manufactures/

% #ince $*-). t!e s!are of developing countries in orld e3ports of mining products 2mainlyfuels4 !as fallen by a 5uarter. !ile t!eir s!are of orld trade in manufactures !as doubled from $)to 1) per cent/

% 0s a group. t!e 0sian developing countries !ave out performed t!e ot!er developing

countries by a ide margin in terms of t!eir s!are of orld trade. t!eir s!are of 6DI flo s todeveloping countries. and t!eir ratio of trade to 7DP/

% 0 comparison of 1& developing countries !ose e3port gro t! bet een $*-& and $**8e3ceeded t!e orld average. and a group of ,& developing countries !ose e3ports in $**8 erebelow t!e $*-& level. s!o s a !ig! correlation bet een e3port performance and t!e s!are ofmanufactured goods in merc!andise e3ports/

% 0 comparison of t!e e3port performance of t!e least developed countries 299DCs4 since $*-)it! t!at of all developing countries confirms not only a strong correlation bet een e3port

performance and t!e s!are of manufactures in e3ports. but a similar positive correlation bet een

e3ports and bot! t!e s!are of investment in 7DP and t!e s!are of manufactures in 7DP/ 2T!is pointand t!e preceding one are supported by t!e results of a recent :orld ;ank study summari