See less developed country.
Less Developped Countries (same as PVD)
Land Development Code. Rules, regulations, and ordinances that govern how and where certain types of development may occur.
A Lawful Development Certificate can be issued to confirm that a development (which includes a use) is legal, when it did not originally have planning permission. You may want to confirm the legality of a situation before selling property, or before applying for planning permission for further development. An extension to a house, for example, becomes lawful after 4 years. Other buildings and commercial uses become legal after 10 years. Proof of their existence and use is required, and the process of applying for an LDC is similar to the application for planning permission.
Least Developed Country. A country that satisfies a number of UN criteria implying a very low level of economic development. The UN has classified 49 countries in the LDC group.
Lesser (or less) Developed Country. Seen ad lower down the general economic scale than a developing country and usually taken as a nation which is not a member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). However, the term is not precise. One rough measure is the amount of overseas debt relative to the strength of the economy. Also means Least Developed Country for which one definition is a nation where annual per capita income is less than 400 dollars. Another adds where illiteracy rate is more than 20 percent and where industry contributes less than 10 percent of gross national product.
Least Developed Country WHO World Health Organization
less developed country. See developing country.
Less-developed Country. One of the many developing, post-colonial nations that has experience a poitical-economic syndrome of low capital investment, widespread poverty, often coupled with political corruption and instability, and large external debts.
east eveloped ountries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, East Timor, Laos, Maldives and Nepal)
Least Developed Countries. A group of 49 countries considered to be the world's poorest as designated by the UN General Assembly. Criteria are: a low income, as measured by the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita; weak human resources, as measured by a composite index (Augmented Physical Quality of Life Index) based on indicators of life expectancy at birth, per capita calorie intake, combined primary and secondary school enrolment, and adult literacy; a low level of economic diversification, as measured by a composite index (Economic Diversification Index) based on the share of manufacturing in GDP, the share of the labour force in industry, annual per capita commercial energy consumption, and UNCTAD's merchandise export concentration index.
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. countries whose share of output composed of agricultural products, mining, and the like is relatively high, which engage in proportionally little industrial high-technology activity, and whose per capita incomes are generally comparatively low
least developed country. As defined by the United Nations, these are states that are deemed structurally handicapped in their development process and in need of the highest degree of consideration from the international community in support of their development efforts. The UN currently classifies 49 countries as LDCs. Of these, 30 are WTO Members, including Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Djibouti, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.
s least developed countries (EP)
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