UN urges poor countries to stop selling natural resources
Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2009 | 2:57 PM
The United Nations is suggesting that the world\'s poorest countries move away from selling their natural resources and concentrate instead on manufacturing.
The UN\'s Industrial Development Organisation said making components for manufactured goods would be the best way to eliminate poverty.
In a report, the UN said it’s a tendency for poor countries that are heavily reliant on their raw materials to distribute wealth among relatively few people.
