Out of the trap: Supporting the least developed countries

Patrick GUILLAUMONT
Président, Ferdi

CatégorieOuvrages Ferdi
Publié le29 octobre 2019
ÉditeurÉCONOMICA

Pays les moins avancés (PMA)

Les pays les moins avancés (PMA), actuellement au nombre de 47, catégorie de pays créée à l'ONU en 1971, sont identifiés comme des pays pauvres confrontés à des handicaps structurels de croissance et de développement durable. En tant que tels, ils justifient un traitement spécial de la part de la communauté internationale, lequel a été mis en œuvre progressivement à travers l'aide et le commerce. Tous les dix ans, une conférence internationale de l'ONU élabore un programme d'action pour ces pays, la dernière étant celle d'Istanbul en 2011.

Un livre précédent Caught in a trap. Identifying the least developed countries scrutait la raison d'être de la catégorie et les critères sur lesquels elle repose.

Ce nouvel ouvrage examine l'efficacité des mesures internationales prises en faveur des pays les moins avancés. Reposant sur contributions de nombreux experts en ce domaine, il constitue la première évaluation globale de cinq décennies de mesures ayant pour but d’aider les PMA à " sortir du piège ". Il vise à démêler ce qui résulte du soutien international spécial aux PMA et des handicaps structurels auxquels ceux-ci sont confrontés. Il éclaire les réformes politiques internationales pour les PMA dans le cadre de l'agenda post-2015.

ISBN : 978-2-7178-7100-5

Preface

About the authors

Main conclusions and recommendations

Part 1 - Impact on growth and policy performance

Chapter 1 - Economic growth, poverty reduction and structural transformation in the least developed countries: The puzzle of the impact of category membership

Have the least developed countries been locked into a low-income trap over the past half century?
Interpreting economic growth in the least developed countries during the 2000s
Assessing the impact of category membership: An elusive counterfactual
The pattern of least developed country growth: From structural handicaps to structural transformation
Conclusion

Chapter 2 - Policy performance: Is it weaker in the least developed countries?

Introduction
Governance indicators in LDCs: how they depend on structural factors
Assessing economic policies in LDCs: two relevant indicators
Conclusion

Part 2 - Impact and effectiveness of foreign aid

Chapter 3 - Global aid flows to the least developed countries: What effectiveness of the aid target?

Introduction
Resolutions and trends: actual flows far below the targets
Assessing the effect of belonging to the LDC category on aid inflows
Grounds for giving an aid preference to LDCs: ethics and effectiveness
Beyond the target: for consistency in aid policy to LDCs
Conclusion

Chapter 4 - Multilateral assistance to the least developed countries: To what extent is it specific?

Introduction
Conclusion: impact of LDC status on multilateral LDC assistance

Part 3 - Support through trade

Chapter 5 - Trade-related measures for the LDCs: What has been done?

Introduction
Special and differential treatment in WTO agreements: How have LDCs been differentiated?
Access, use and effectiveness of special and differential treatment for LDCs
Accession to the WTO: has it been made easier for LDCs?
Trade capacity building: the Integrated Framework and its enhancements
Concluding remarks

Chapter 6 - Trade marginalization of LDCs and its reversal: What impact of international support?

Introduction
Global trends in LDC exports: impact of specific goods and services
Looking for specific factors in LDCs’ trade trends: Lessons from gravity models
Diversification of LDCs’ exported products
Developed country policies impacting LDCs’ market access
Beyond market access: international support and LDC policies impacting their exports
Conclusions

Part 4 - Graduation and governance

Chapter 7 - Graduation from the category of least developed countries: Rationale, achievement and prospects

Introduction: a short story of the LDCs’ graduation
Graduation constrained by the rules: impact of the asymmetry between inclusion and graduation criteria
LDC graduation trends and prospects: back to the category rationale
Impact of graduation: assessments and monitoring
Conclusion

Chapter 8 - LDCs and global economic governance

Introduction: LDCs—affected by global governance or influencing it?
LDCs and global governance on general issues
The LDCs and global governance on major specialized issues
Conclusion

Auteurs

Jean-Louis Arcand, Cindy Audiguier, Matthieu Boussichas, Céline Carrère, Lisa Chauvet, Ana Cortez, Alassane Drabo, Michaël Goujon, Patrick Guillaumont, Sylviane Guillaumont Jeanneney, Teresa Lenzi, Jaime de Melo, Roland Mollerus, Laurent Wagner

Endorsements

“The book is both important and timely, as it could contribute to the discussions on the content and contours of commitments towards the least developed countries for the next decade”.
Fekita ‘Utoikamanu, Under-Secretary-General, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.

“Poverty is a fact but not a fate in LDCs. The book explores the challenges and measures to help LDCs escape the poverty trap. A must read for development economists and practitioners”.
Justin Yifu Lin, Dean, Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, Peking University, Former Chief Economist, the World Bank .

“This book is a great contribution to our understanding of how the international community can support LDCs achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”.
Jose Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy at the UN, Professor at Columbia University.

“This book deeply assesses what international policies have done to tackle the vulnerability of poorest countries and what is to be done”.
Michel Sidibé, Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Mali, former UN Under Secretary General.

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Guillaumont, P. (2019) Out of the trap: Supporting the least developed countries, Economica-Ferdi, 324 p.

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