The least developed countries report

Least Developed Countries Report 2006 At head of title: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva Includes bibliographical references Available also at UNCTAD Digital Library (viewed 24 July 2006) UN Job no.: G0650739 E UN sales no.: 06. II. D.9 Material type: Sales publications (UN) Material type: Reports/studies pt. 1. Recent economic trends and UNLDC III development targets — pt. 2. Developing productive capacities: 1. What are productive capacities? How do they develop? Why do they matter? — 2. Economic growth and capital accumulation — 3. Technological progress, structural change and trade integration — 4. Labour supply and the lack of productive employment — 5. The infrastructure divide — 6. Institutional weaknesses : firms, financial systems and knowledge systems — 7. The demand constraint — 8. Policy implications — Statistical annex: Basic data on the least developed countries