Caught in a trap
Identifying the least developed countries
Cette annexe statistique propose tous les tableaux de l'ouvrage (par chapitres) et ceux qui n'y figurent pas, ces derniers étant évoqués dans l'ouvrage comme "Website Tables" et qui ne se trouvent donc qu'ici.Chapter tables : printed in the book
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Table 1.1 Least developed countries: dates of inclusion and exit from the list, 1971-2003 p.4
Table 1.2 Least developed countries and fragile states p.13
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Table 2.1 Quantitative criteria used to identify least developed countries, by criterion type, 1971-2009 p.25
Table 2.2 Criteria for developing countries to be eligible for inclusion on the least developed countries list, 1971 - 2009 p.27
Table 2.3 Criteria for least developed countries to be eligible for graduation from the list, by criterion, 1971-2006 p.28
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Table 3.1 Per capita income thresholds for identifying least developed countries and low-income countries, 1971 - 2009 p.48
Table 3.2 Low-income countries and least developed countries 1976 - 2006 p.49
Table 3.3 Middle-income least developed countries, 1976 - 2006 p.53
Table 3.4 Thresholds for inclusion on the least developed countries list in seven triennal reviews, 1991 - 2009 p.54
Table 3.5 Graduation thresholds and margins during the seven triennial reviews p.61
Table 3.6 Least developed countries in relation to inclusion and graduation eligibility thresholds and criteria, 1991 - 2006 p.62
Table 3.7 Steps taken to graduate countries from the least developed countries category, by step towards graduation and year of triennial review,1991-2009 p.67
Table 3.8 The identification of least developed countries for inclusion and graduation: testing for consistency over time, 1980–2009 p.77
Table 3.9 Movement into and out of the categories of low-income countries and least developed countries, 1980-2006 p.83
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Table 4.1 Average economic growth rates of developing countries, 1970-2000 p.96
Table 4.2 Long-term economic growth rates in least developed countries and other countries, 1970-2000 p.97
Table 4.3 Regression test results for absolute economic growth rate convergence for developing countries (oil exporters excluded) and least developed countries over 1970-2000, by data source and regression model p.101
Table 4.4 Regression test results for economic growth rate convergence conditional on present identification criteria for structural obstacles to growth, for developing countries (oil exporters excluded) and least developed countries, over 1970-2000 p.105
Table 4.5 Determination coefficients (adjusted R-squared) of per capita GDP growth rate for the model of growth rate convergence over 1970-2000 conditional on combined structural handicaps or positive factors (based on 2000 identification criteria) p.112
Table 4.6 Determination coefficients (adjusted R-squared) of per capita GDP growth rate for the model of growth rate convergence over 1970-98 conditional on the structural handicap index (ordinary least squares estimations) p.113
Table 4.7 Determination coefficients (adjusted R-squared) of per capita GDP growth rate for the model of growth rate convergence over 1970-98 conditional on the economic vulnerability index p.116
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Table 5.1 Indices of human development compared p.134
Table 5.2 Average and median values for the human assets index and its components, by developing country category, 2006 review p.137
Table 5.3 Average value for the human assets index and its component indicators by developing countries from 2006 review p.144
Table 5.4 Average change in human assets index value, by developing country category and measured in four ways, 1970 - 2006 p.150
Table 5.5 Relative convergence in the human assets index, conditional on annual average per capita GDP growth, 1970-2000 p.154
Table 5.6 Average change in human assets index component indicators, by developing country category, 1970-2006 p.156
Table 5.7 Relative convergence in human assets index components indicators, conditional on annual average per capita GDP growth over 1970-2000, ordinary least squares estimations p.162
Table 5.8 Relative convergence in human assets index component indicator, conditional on average annual per capita GDP growth over 1970-2000, three-decade panel estimation with fixed effects p.163
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Table 6.1 Average values for the economic vulnerability index and its components, by developing country category, 2006 review p.203
Table 6.2 Average and median values for the economic vulnerability index and its components, by developing country category, 2006 review p.206
Table 6.3 Retrospective value of the economic vulnerability index and its components by developing country category, by decade since 1970
Table 6.4 Indicators of the impact of natural disasters by developing country category, 1970-2006
Table 6.5 Conflicts and battle-related deaths in civil conflict, for least developed countries and other developing countries, by country category, 1970-2006 p.213
Table 6.6 People displaced because of conflict, expressed as percentage of average population size, by developing country category (1964-2006) p.215
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Table 8.1 Fixed bounds for components of the two indices of structural handicap, compared with actual maximums and minimums, from the 2006 triennial review of the least developed countries list p.244
Table 8.2 Absolute average differences between country rankings on indices of structural handicap with index components aggregated using the arithmetic average and alternative averaging methods (data from the 2000, 2003 and 2006 reviews) p.250
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Table 9.1 Average and median values and ranks for a combined structural handicap index aggregated in three ways, by developing country category, using 2006 review p.267
Table 9.2 Inclusion and graduation rules: asymmetry and symmetry compared, with various assumptions about complementarity and substituability - and with various numbers of identification criteria (three, two or one) p.269
Table 9.3 Average and median values and ranks for a single blended index (the least likely to develop index) aggregated in three ways, by developing country category, using 2006 review data p.287
Table 9.4 Country rankings for (low) expected natural per capita income, estimated for year 2030 p.290
Table 9.5 Summary table: simulated results of various inclusion and graduation rules and criteria on the least developed countries list using various index construction methods (based on 2006 review data) p.295
Annex tables : printed in the book
[top]Table A.1.1 Least developed and other low-income countries: criteria used in determining eligibility for least developed country status (2009 review)
Table A.1.2 Least developed and other low-income countries: criteria used in determining eligibility for least developed country status, with countries sorted (2009 review)
Table A.5.1 Least developed and other low-income countries : country values of the human assets index and its components, 2009 review data
Table A.6.1 Least developed and other low-income countries :country values of the economic vulnerability index and its components, 2009 review data
Table A.9.1 Least developed and other low-income countries: country values and ranks of the structural handicap index, averaged from its components by several ways (from 2009 review data)
Table A.9.2 Least developed and other low-income countries : country values and ranks of the index of least development, averaged from its components by several ways (from 2009 review data)
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[top] [top]Table 4W.1 Evolution of the coefficient of variation of the logarithm of per capita income in developing countries, least developed countries, and other developing countries
Table 4W.2 The current LDCs and the other developing countries in relation to the natural or expected per capita income in 2030, depending on the 2005 levels of per capita income, and on 2006 review human capital and economic vulnerability assessment
Table 4W.3 Results obtained with linear and log linear relationship between economic growth and economic vulnerability index and (100 – human assets index, from World Development Indicators data index) or between growth and structural handicap
Table 4W.4 Results obtained with linear and log linear relationship between economic growth and economic vulnerability index and (100 – human assets index) or between growth and structural handicap index, from World Economic Outlook data
Table 4W.5 Main growth estimations used to test the validity of the criteria. Results obtained from World Development Indicators data
Table 4W.6 Main growth estimations used to test the validity of the criteria. Results obtained from World Economic Outlook data
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Table 5W.1 Impact of composition on HAI (from 2006 review). HAI compared to HDI (without GNI component)
Table 5W.2 Impact on the human assets index of the way components are averaged, 2006 review data (HAI as an average of its 4 current components)
Table 5W.3 Impact on the human assets index of the way components are averaged, 2009 review data (HAI as an average of its 4 current components)
Table 5W.4 Convergence of HAI and its components (index) conditional on GDP growth per capita (1970-2006)
Table 5W.5 Convergence of HAI and its components (in values) conditional on GDP growth per capita (1970-2006)
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Table 6W.1 Impact of the composition of the economic vulnerability index when it’s an arithmetic average of its components : initial (2003) and new EVI compared, from 2006 data, 64 LDCs and other low-income countries
Table 6W.2 Impact of the averaging on the level of EVI, recalculated from 2006 review data, regrouped in 4 categories of equal weight, 65 LDCs and other low income countries
Table 6W.3 Impact of the averaging on the level of EVI, recalculated from 2009 review data, regrouped in 4 categories of equal weight, 60 LDCs and other low income countries
Table 6W.4 Other instability indicators: other primary instabilities, intermediate instabilities and growth volatility
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Table 8W.1 Correlations among components of the human assets index, data from 2003 review
Table 8W.2 Correlations among components of the economic vulnerability index, data from 2003 review
Table 8W.3 Correlations among components of the human assets index, based on 65 countries, data from 2006 review
Table 8W.4 Correlations among components of the economic vulnerability index, based on 65 countries, data from 2006 review
Table 8W.5 Correlations among categories of components in the economic vulnerability index, based on 65 countries, data from 2006 review
Table 8W.6 Impact of averaging on inclusion and graduation eligibility, from 2006 review
Table 8W.7 Impact of averaging on inclusion and graduation eligibility from 2003 review
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Table 9W.1 The three criteria differently managed: impact on inclusion and graduation eligibility, from 2006 review
Table 9W.2 Tentative use of a synthetic index to identify least developed countries , from 2006 review