application of the Brady Plan to be effective, the creditor countries must accept a debt-reduction strategy based on reducing interest rates. Durin:J the last conference of ministers of the least developed countries, held in Dacca, Bangladesh, last February, we again affirmed the importance of developed countries' reaching the target of 0.15 per cent of their gross national product to be allocated for official development assistance to the least developed countries, or doublin:J their present official development assistance to these countries. While we appreciate the efforts of the donors that have fulfilled either or both of these targets, we wish to urge those who have not yet done so to try harder to attain those targets as soon as possible. Without claimirg to exhaust the views on this issue of such great significance, the subject of our discussions here, or to have found a universal solution to the problems of the developing countries, particularly the least developed countries, includinq Djibouti, we shall attempt to make our modest contribution by suggesting a few guidelines. Before I do so, however, allow me to refer briefly to the serious economic difficulties facing my country. The ever-qrowing deficit in the national budget and in the balance of external payments, the worsening unemployment and under-employment situation, the increasin:J migration from the nomadic areas to the urban centres owing to the prolonged drought and desertification, the problems of refugees and displaced persons woo coire from neighbouring countries because of persistent conflicts, the degradation of the social and physical infrastructure and, finally, the deterioration of the quality of social services are factors that increasingly retard our economic development process. . ' 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the economic difficulties facing a developing country, mentioning issues such as debt, budget deficit, unemployment, and infrastructure degradation. The speaker also mentions the importance of developed countries providing aid to least developed countries, which suggests that the text is focused on economic development and international cooperation.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief