| PREFACE
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Part One INTRODUCTION
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| I.
| INTRODUCTION
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| A.
| Background
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| B.
| Recommendations for future action
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Part Two REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FOR THE 1990s: ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
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| II.
| OVERVIEW
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| A.
| Diversity of the least developed countries of Asia and the Pacific
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| B.
| Structural change
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| C.
| Macroeconomic stability
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| III.
| FINANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
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| A.
| Savings, investment and resource gaps
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| B.
| Public finance
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| C.
| External financing
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| IV.
| SOCIAL ISSUES
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| A.
| Education
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| B.
| Health
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| C.
| Population and employment
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| D.
| Women in development
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| E.
| Poverty alleviation
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| F.
| Environmental degradation
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| V.
| EXTERNAL TRADE PERFORMANCE
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| A.
| Trade performance
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| B.
| Trade balance and exchange rates
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| C.
| Trade policy and regional cooperation
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| D.
| The WTO and the least developed countries of Asia and the Pacific
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| VI.
| ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE
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| A.
| Transport
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| B.
| Telecommunicaitons
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| C.
| Energy
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| D.
| Conclusions
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| VII.
| RECOMMENDATIONS
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| A.
| Domestic issues
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| B.
| International issues
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| C.
| Regional cooperation
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