1. Introduction

1.1  Background

1.2  The Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals

1.3  Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries

2. Progress Toward Attainment of the MDGs in Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries 

3. Impediments to Growth in Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries

4. Facilitating International Trade and Market Access to Achieve the MDGs 

4.1  Background

4.2  Special Trade Challenges 

4.3  The Potential of Intra-regional Trade

4.4  Policy Coherence and Sequencing through Trade Mainstreaming

4.5  Aid for Trade

5. Aid and Debt Relief: Some Key Issues to Achieve the MDGs

5.1  Making Aid Work

5.2  Debt Relief for Additional Resources

5.3  Development Cooperation Among Developing Countries in Asia and the Pacific

5.4  Governance Issues

5.5  Priorities for Increased Aid

6. Conclusion and Recommendations           

Annexure 1.  Criteria for the Identification of the Least Developed Countries 

Annexure 2.  Least Developed Countries in the World 

Annexure 3.  Progress Toward Attainment of the MDGs by Asia-Pacific

                       Least Developed Countries

Annexure 4.  Alternate Estimate for Resource Gap

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