Underdeveloped countries are more commonly known as least developed countries LDC. These are a group of low-income countries facing severe structural impediments to sustainable development.
According to the UN, these countries have the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development, with the lowest Human Development Index ratings. In addition, poverty, human resource weakness based on indicators of health, nutrition education and adult literacy , and economic vulnerability are the three criteria to classify a country as an underdeveloped country.
According to UN data in , there are 46 countries falling into this category. Developing countries are countries with a less developed industrial base and a comparatively lower HDI relative to developed countries, whereas underdeveloped countries are countries having the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development, with the lowest HDI ratings.
The GDP of developing countries, on the other hand, take a middle value between the two. The HDI of developing countries, on the other hand, take a middle value between the two. People in developed countries have easy access to the latest technological advancements, enjoy good healthcare, education, and other services, while people in developing countries may have some access to technology, and their healthcare, education, and other services are at a middle level.
Most people in underdeveloped countries, on the other hand, do not have access to education, healthcare or other services, and most do not have access to technology. The standard of living in developed countries is high, while the standard of living in underdeveloped countries is very low. The standard of living in developing countries are somewhere in the middle. Developed countries are countries that have a high quality of life, developed economy, and developed technological infrastructure.
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How can development finance address the vulnerability challenge in LDCs and other vulnerable countries? Improving allocation and supporting structural transformation En ligne. Summit on Financing African Economies. Patrick Guillaumont, President of FERDI , presented various options for rethinking the international aid system for LDCs and developing countries, based on objective criteria of vulnerability.
Launch of the book "Out of the trap. On November 14, , the book Out of the Trap. Patrick Guillaumont spoke on the revision of the criteria for identifying LDCs. Brown bag lunch of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs on graduation and differentiation of countries.
Matthieu Boussichas and Alassane Drabo Ferdi discussed graduation and differentiation of countries. The logic and scope of economic models: Towards an explanation of the Moroccan model Casablanca. Professor Fouzi Mourji was one of the organizers of this symposium in which Patrick Guillaumont and Sylviane Guillaumont Jeanneney participated.
Patrick Guillaumont was a keynote speaker on the issue "Seizing the momentum of graduation to achieve the SDGs: prospects and challenges". Matthieu Boussichas Ferdi participated in sessions on the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the African Least Developed Countries and on broadband technology in developed countries in Africa. Patrick Guillaumont was a speaker at two High-Level Panel.
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