Caught in a trap: identifying the least developed countries
The United Nations recognized 49 least developed countries (LDCs):low-income countries that suffer from structural handicaps to growth and so deserve special treatment from the international community. Guillaumont assesses the 2 indicators of structural handicaps used to identify LDCS, the human assets index and economic vulnerability index, and considers how they can be improved by aggregating them in 1 index as well as whether both could be combined with per capita income. The book explains why some low-income countries seem to have been caught in a poverty trap while others have escaped.
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Paris (France) Economica
2009
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| Subjects: | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, LESS FAVOURED AREAS, POVERTY, ECONOMIC SITUATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMETRIC MODELS, PAYS EN DEVELOPPEMENT, ZONE DEFAVORISEE, PAUVRETE, SITUATION ECONOMIQUE, DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE, MODELE ECONOMETRIQUE, PAISES EN DESARROLLO, ZONAS DESFAVORECIDAS, POBREZA, SITUACION ECONOMICA, DESARROLLO ECONOMICO, MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS, |
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