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What are the Least Developed Countries?

Overview

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Part One Recent Trends

Chapter 1 Recent Economic Trends
A.	Overall economic growth trends
B.	Trends in external trade
C.	Trends in external finance
D.	Trends in external debt
E.	ODA targets for donor countries
F.	Conclusions
Annex to chapter 1: Analytical classification of LDCs in this Report
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Chapter 2 Selected Recent Social Trends: Population Growth, Human Development Goals, the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
A.	Population growth, age structure and urbanization
B.	Progress towards selected human development goals
C.	The HIV/AIDS epidemic
D.	Conclusions
Annex 1: Progress towards achievement of selected Millennium
		Development Goals in LDCs
Annex 2: Progress towards graduation from LDC status
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Chapter 3 Selected Recent Policy Trends: Accession of LDCs to the WTO
A.	Introduction
B.	The challenge of accession
C.	Three country cases
D.	Comparative assessment amongst the accession countries
E.	Comparison with current WTO member States
F.	Conclusions
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Part Two Linking International Trade with Poverty Reduction

Chapter 1 Trade and Poverty from a Development Perspective
A.	Introduction
B.	Trade, trade liberalization and poverty: Where do we stand?
C.	The limits of the current approach to analysing the trade-poverty relationship
D.	A development approach to the trade-poverty relationship
E.	Policy implications of the development approach
F.	Conclusions
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Chapter 2 The Potential Role of International Trade in Poverty Reduction in the LDCs
A.	Introduction
B.	The importance of sustained economic growth for poverty reduction in the LDCs
C.	The importance of trade expansion for sustained economic growth
D.	Export expansion and the inclusiveness of economic growth
E.	Conclusions
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Chapter 3 How the Trade-Poverty Relationship Works in Practice
A.	Introduction
B.	Export structure, trade performance and the international poverty trap
C.	The frequency of export expansion with poverty reduction
D.	The trade-growth relationship
E.	Trade expansion, domestic resource mobilization and the form of economic growth
F.	Conclusions
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Chapter 4 Civil Conflict and the Trade-Poverty Relationship
A.	Introduction
B.	An overview of trade in civil conflict in LDCs and other developing countries
C.	Low income and economic regression as economic determinants of civil conflicts
D.	Civil conflicts by type of export specialization
E.	Trade and poverty during civil conflict episodes
F.	Conclusions
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Chapter 5 Trade Liberalization and Poverty Reduction in the LDCs
A.	Introduction
B.	The depth and extend of trade liberalization
C.	The sequencing, timing and speed of trade liberalization
D.	The short-term impact of trade liberalization on poverty
E.	Prospects for substantial poverty reduction after trade liberalization: Sustainability of economic growth
F.	Prospects for substantial poverty reduction after trade liberalization: Inclusiveness of economic growth
G.	Conclusions
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Chapter 6 Improving the Trade-Poverty Relationship through the International Trade Regime
A.	Introduction
B.	The poverty-reducing impact of multilateral trade liberalization
C.	The importance of generally applicable measures beyond trade liberalization
D.	The effectiveness of current international support measures targeted at the LDCs
E.	Strengthening international support measures targeted at the LDCs
F.	Enhanced South-South cooperation in the field of trade
G.	Conclusions
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Chapter 7 Improving the Trade-Poverty Relationship Through National Development Strategies
A.	Introduction
B.	Trade in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs): Recent country experience
C.	Mainstreaming development into poverty reduction strategies
D.	Mainstreaming trade in development-oriented poverty reduction strategies
E.	How donors can support trade capacity development
F.	Conclusions
Annex to chapter 7: Alternative post-liberal development strategies
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Statistical Annex: Basic Data on the Least Developed Countries

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