Least developed countries
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The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is a list of developing countries that, according to the United Nations, exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development, with the lowest Human Development Index ratings of all countries in the world. The concept of LDCs originated in the late 1960s and the first group of LDCs was listed by the UN in its resolution 2768 (XXVI) of 18 November 1971.
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See also
- Development geography
- Development economics
- Economic development
- Extreme poverty
- Failed state
- Group of 77
- Heavily indebted poor countries
- List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
- More developed country (MDC), opposite of LDCs
- Newly industrialized country
- Right to development
- Third world
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (Section I, paragraph 9)
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