Poverty and Development Division
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last updated : 23 July 2001

Review of Implementation of the Programme of Action
for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s :
Asia and the Pacific
(LDC series no. 4, 2001)

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Contents

PREFACE


Part One
INTRODUCTION


I. INTRODUCTION
A. Background
B. Recommendations for future action


Part Two
REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF ACTION
FOR THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FOR THE 1990s:
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC


II. OVERVIEW
A. Diversity of the least developed countries of Asia and the Pacific
B. Structural change
C. Macroeconomic stability

III. FINANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
A. Savings, investment and resource gaps
B. Public finance
C. External financing

IV. SOCIAL ISSUES
A. Education
B. Health
C. Population and employment
D. Women in development
E. Poverty alleviation
F. Environmental degradation

V. EXTERNAL TRADE PERFORMANCE
A. Trade performance
B. Trade balance and exchange rates
C. Trade policy and regional cooperation
D. The WTO and the least developed countries of Asia and the Pacific

VI. ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE
A. Transport
B. Telecommunicaitons
C. Energy
D. Conclusions

VII. RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Domestic issues
B. International issues
C. Regional cooperation

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