Foreword
- Author: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- Main Title: Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category , pp iii-iii
- Publication Date: December 2021
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/9789210010443c001
- Language: English
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The category of the least developed countries (LDCs) was established in 1971 as a special group of developing countries characterized by a low level of income and structural impediments to growth and requiring special measures for dealing with those problems. The Committee for Development Planning, the predecessor of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), was a key actor in the establishment of the LDC category. Since then, CDP has been responsible for identifying which countries should belong to the LDC category. For this purpose, it has developed a rigorous methodology, as detailed in this publication.
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