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LDCs
See Developing Countries; Least Developed Countries.
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Import substitution development strategy A development strategy followed by many Latin American countries and other LDCs that emphasize import substitution-accomplished through protectionism-as the route to economic growth.
Less-developed countries (LDCs) Also known as emerging markets. Countries who's per capita GDP is below a World Bank-determined level. Less Than Container Load Shipments of less than container load size (<$50,000).
Fair trade is a growing economic initiative promoted by importing organizations from Europe and the US aiming at establishing long-term relationships with associations of marginalized producers in LDCs in order to promote market inclusion, ...
" Expands on the concept of special and beneficial treatment for developing countries (LDCs) in the international trading system first established in Part IV of the GATT, ...
current account deficit is far larger than the sum of the current account surpluses of the other industrial countries and the LDCs.
Debt Relief - Forgiving debt can save LDCs annual interest payments and leave them more resources for internal investment
Direct AID- giving food, money and health care supplies directly to the countries in need
Indirect Aid.
This GATT Negotiating Group was formed as a direct result of pressure from resource-rich LDCs to have an additional forum to deal with their special concerns, including the removal of barriers to trade in natural resource-based products.
Less-developed countries (LDCs) - The lower-income countries of the world, most of which are in Asia, Africa, and South and Central America. Also called under developed countries, developing countries.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Forty-eight poor and vulnerable countries, defined by the UN with an annual per capita income of less than US$ 1 per day.
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A development strategy followed by many Latin American
countries and other LDCs that emphasized import substitution - accomplished through protectionism - as the
route to economic growth.
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Definition: A mechanism where indebted LDCs swap shares in domestic firms for private foreign debt.
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Established in 1956, it is a member of the World Bank group and provides loans to promote private sector investment in LDCs and developing countries. The loans are extended at market rates and the IFC seeks profitable returns from its investments.
The condition of a probability density curve to have fatter tails and a higher peak at the mean than the normal distribution.
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These conclusions were corroborated by a 2006 World Bank Policy Research Working Paper written by Loraine Ronchi, which found that "the failure of market power and low producer capacity in coffee markets in LDCs are identified as underlying causes of ...
Article 18 of the GATT permits LDCs to protect infant industries, but the restricting country may be required to compensate other GATT members that are adversely affected. See also import substitution.
[34] Blanco & Rogers find a positive correlation between proximity to an offshore centre and investment for least developed countries (LDCs); a $1 increase in FDI to an offshore centre translates to an average increase of $0.
As of 2007, 49 countries are designated as LDCs.
Lender of Last Resort
An institution that has the capacity and willingness to make loans when no one else can. Within a country, the central bank may play that role, since it can create money.
 See also: Banks, Protectionism, Substitution, Interest rate swap, Import substitution
  
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