Less Developed Countries

A less developed country is defined as a country with relatively low per capita income and little industrialization. Less developed countries often borrow from a number of banks worldwide.

Poorest Of The Poor: UN Releases Report On World’s 'Least Developed Countries' is a an article that was published two weeks ago. This article lists the less developed countries of 2012. There are fourty-eight countries on the list. What saddens me is that Thirty-three of these countries are located in Africa. I wasn't that surprised, but I was very unhappy to see that. The other countries are located in Asia and the Pacific Islands. This list also includes Haiti. Haiti partly blames disease/infection as the reason why they are going through hard times. The cholera epidemic killed more than 8,000 people since the January 2010 earthquake. Haiti also believes that the U.N. is not taking responsibility for the U.N. peacekeepers who started the infection.

This list was constructed by the United Nations and consists of the most impoverished and vulnerable countries. The United Nations Economic and Social Council reviews this list every three years and lists the criteria for making the list; (a) A per capita income criterion, (b) A human assets criterion, and (c) An economic vulnerability criterion.

I honestly still cannot believe that there are still less developed countries in this world, almost the same exact way I feel about homelessness in America. I don't believe that every country should be as powerful as the other, but when I see video and read articles about what's going on in other parts of the world, it makes me very angry.

In no particular order, the list is as follows;

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Yemen and Zambia.