Caught in a trap
Subtitle: identifying the least developed countries
By: Patrick Guillaumont
Publisher: Economica; Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Paris; Clermont-Ferrand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9782717857993
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What are the least developed countries?; title: Continuity and change in the least developed countries category; title: How has the application of inclusion and graduation criteria affected the least developed countries list?; title: Least developed countries and growth economics: why no convergence?; title: The lack of human capital and how to measure it; title: Structural economic vulnerability and how to measure it; title: Defining the scope of the least developed countries category; title: Refining the identification criteria; title: Combining identification criteria: from three criteria to two; title: or one?; title: Enhancing the consistency of the least developed countries category.