Friday, 18 July 2008, 10:26 am
Press Release: UNCTAD
What are the least developed countries (LDCs)?
Forty-nine countries currently are designated by the United Nations as "least developed countries" (LDCs). They are distributed among the following regions:
* Africa (33): Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia;
* Asia (10): Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao People´s Democratic Republic, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor-Leste and Yemen;
* Pacific (5): Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu;
* Caribbean (1): Haiti.
Establishing the LDC list
The list of LDCs is reviewed every three years by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations based on recommendations by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP).
For its 2006 review of the list, the CDP determined that a country may be designated as an LDC if it meets the following three criteria:
* A "low-income" criterion, based on the gross national income (GNI) per capita (a 3-year average, 2002-2004), with thresholds of US$750 for cases of addition to the list;
* A "human assets" criterion based on a composite index (the Human Assets Index) which consists of indicators on nutrition, health, school enrolment and literacy;
* An "economic vulnerability" criterion based on a composite index (the Economic Vulnerability Index) which includes indicators on natural disasters, trade shocks; exposure to shocks, economic smallness, and economic remoteness.
* For all three criteria, different thresholds are used for addition to and graduation from the list of LDCs. A country will qualify to be added to the list if it meets the three criteria and does not have a population greater than 75 million. A country will qualify for graduation from LDC status if it has met graduation thresholds under at least two of the three criteria in at least two consecutive reviews of the list.
The LDC category was established in 1971. Since then, only two countries (Botswana and Cape Verde) have "graduated" from the category. Cape Verde graduated in December 2007.
Current membership and coverage in the LDC Report
From 4 December 2003 to 21 December 2007 there were 50 countries designated as "least developed": the countries listed above, plus Cape Verde. On that date, Cape Verde "graduated" from the list. However, in Least Developed Countries Report 2008(1) - Growth, Poverty and the Terms of Development Partnership, Cape Verde is still included in the group of LDCs because most data in the report do not cover beyond 2006. During that period Cape Verde was still part of the group of LDCs.
* Africa (33): Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia;
* Asia (10): Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao People´s Democratic Republic, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor-Leste and Yemen;
* Pacific (5): Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu;
* Caribbean (1): Haiti.
Establishing the LDC list
The list of LDCs is reviewed every three years by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations based on recommendations by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP).
For its 2006 review of the list, the CDP determined that a country may be designated as an LDC if it meets the following three criteria:
* A "low-income" criterion, based on the gross national income (GNI) per capita (a 3-year average, 2002-2004), with thresholds of US$750 for cases of addition to the list;
* A "human assets" criterion based on a composite index (the Human Assets Index) which consists of indicators on nutrition, health, school enrolment and literacy;
* An "economic vulnerability" criterion based on a composite index (the Economic Vulnerability Index) which includes indicators on natural disasters, trade shocks; exposure to shocks, economic smallness, and economic remoteness.
* For all three criteria, different thresholds are used for addition to and graduation from the list of LDCs. A country will qualify to be added to the list if it meets the three criteria and does not have a population greater than 75 million. A country will qualify for graduation from LDC status if it has met graduation thresholds under at least two of the three criteria in at least two consecutive reviews of the list.
The LDC category was established in 1971. Since then, only two countries (Botswana and Cape Verde) have "graduated" from the category. Cape Verde graduated in December 2007.
Current membership and coverage in the LDC Report
From 4 December 2003 to 21 December 2007 there were 50 countries designated as "least developed": the countries listed above, plus Cape Verde. On that date, Cape Verde "graduated" from the list. However, in Least Developed Countries Report 2008(1) - Growth, Poverty and the Terms of Development Partnership, Cape Verde is still included in the group of LDCs because most data in the report do not cover beyond 2006. During that period Cape Verde was still part of the group of LDCs.
16 comments:
Oh well! This is AH HUN SEN legacy!
When he is long gone from Cambodian politic and he will be the most hated man in the history of Cambodia!
no it was ah Pol Pot that made our courty poor.
To 8:11AM
No! It is AH HUN SEN who was part of AH POL POT legacy!
AH HUN SEN of today is no different from AH POL POT of yesterday! AH HUN SEN is the same former Khmer Rouge!
You guys are not respectful.
It Samdech Techo General Prime Minister Hun Sen legacy.
Like they say you judge a man through his achievement.
And yea... sigh.
We should be out of the wood soon (2016-2020) despite on oil discovery. Only PM Hun Sen can do it successfully. The rest will destroyed Cambodia by purchasing weapons for war.
so what is the purpose of saying this about cambodia? is somebody trying to justify that thailand has the right to invade cambodia because we are poor in comparison to them or what? that is so wrong!
9:45 AM
This guy is drunk.
10:00, Everyone loves PM Hun Sen. There will not be any war under his leadership. He's committed to peace in the region, and he has proven it by shattering the last 500 years records.
He must be a mummy by now.
You try to make Hun Sen look good, but because your intelligence is so low you end up doing the contrary.
PM Hun Sen can do every thing, don't you think. You know what if he just makes a phone call to his Vietkong brother, Thai will be no seen on the Preah Vihea. You give to Thai, Thai will destroy you and if you hand it Vietcong, they will be by your side and deeper in your vein. Do not worry, Vietcong will be our friend forever, because after PM Hun Sen that will be his son and if you do not join or Hun, you will be gone just like other two media man got shot.
Yes correct 10:50. Everybody loves Hunsen for his leadership of the country torwards the destruction of natural resources. Widespread of illegal vietnamese immigrants. High gap between rich & poor. Did you see the differences between the garment workers & the high officials? One lives in a sharing renting dumping room about 4persons and eat little food less than 1000R per time in order to save the money and anotherside having luxurious LC or Luxus drinking tipping to girls in the wasteful ways. Are the lives of those garment workers better than when their parents in POL POT regime regarding that they have to work extra time at 16 hours per day in order to earn more incomes and eat cheaper food in order to stand for the increasing of suppliers like nowadays?
Finding peace is the obligation of the government. Hunsen has been in power for more than 20 years and equipped with outdate knowledge in comparision to other leaders in Asian there is NO SURPRISE that he become the BONGTHOM in Cambodia. If he says no war to his people, who dares to provoke the war? Therefore there would be no war under his leadership and the event of July 5 & 6 , 1997 is just a joke like a song I started a joke started by FUNCINPEC alone.
A Khmer countryside adult educated locally.
Ki is crazy to post such a thing during the high tense between Khmers and Thais. Please select the articles, don't just copy and past everything.
Ah hun sen is the most stupid in this planet.
That is okay because he's still light-years ahead of Ah Scam Rainxy.
Hun Sen run the country for 29 years, and Cambodia
Still count the poorest country in the world.
Why Hun Sen still run the election again?
4:05 pm, you must be 3rd grade education like ah Hun Sen too.
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