The least developed countries 1996 report / prepared by the UNCTAD Secretariat

The Least Developed Countries, 1996 Report, is the twelfth annual report of UNCTAD focusing the attention of the international community on the key developmental issues confronting the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), which are the poorest and economically weakest of the developing countries with the most formidable structural problems. The Report reviews recent developments in the LDCs, their short-term outlook and prospects for growth. It analyses selected issues in the context of interdependence, examining the implications for LDCs of the processes of globalization and liberalization, processes that have profound implications for LDCs in terms of their position in the world economy, their development prospects and the nature of their economic policies. It presents a set of national policies and international support measures to enhance the capacity of LDCs to benefit from globalization and liberalization. It also deals with related issues in trade and economic cooperation between LDCs and other developing countries and financial sector reform in LDCs.
pt. 1. The least developed countries in the mid-1990s: 1. The world economic setting and the LDCs -- 2. Recent trends in external finance and debt -- pt. 2. Selected issues in the context of interdependence: 1. Globalization and liberalization : implications for LDCs -- 2. The Uruguay Round, trade diversification and the LDCs -- 3. Regional trading arrangements and LDCs -- pt. 3. Financial-sector reforms in LCDs -- Annexes: 1. Report of the High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Mid-term Global Review of the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s -- 2. Basic data on the least developed countries.

xii, xiii, 113 p.

Includes bibliographical references.
Statistical annex in English and French.

9211123968 English print
0257-7550 English print
2225-1723 English electronic
1010-8157 Arabic print
2959-5258 Arabic electronic
0257-8107 French print
2414-7249 French electronic
0257-8115 Spanish print
2412-4893 Spanish electronic