The Least Developed Countries Report 2009: the State and Development Governance

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, author.

Contributor:

United Nations Staff, Content Provider.

United Nations, Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 179 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] United Nations Publications 2009

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are a group of countries that have been classified by the United Nations as least developed in terms of their low GDP per capita, their weak human assets and their high degree of economic vulnerability. This Report argues that the impact of the global economic crisis is likely to be so severe in LDCs that "business as usual" is no longer possible. The crisis offers the necessity and opportunity for change. The Report sketches out a concrete, alternative economic strategy and a fresh agenda for LDC policymakers, which includes institutional capacity-building and the strengthening of the market-complementing developmental State.

Contents:

What are the least developed countries?

Introduction

The implications of the global economic crisis for LDCs

Overview

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Tailoring industrial policy to LDCs

Setting the agenda for agricultural policy in LDCs

Meeting the macroeconomic challenges

Rethinking the role of the state in LDCs

Towards development governance.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

92-1-054326-2