So, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan are not eligible for LDC grouping according to UN?
Why not look at the criteria first? Debate them one by one instead of acting like a twit. Oh looks like you got banned ,nvm.
Stupid, Myanmar joined LDC in 1987 voluntarily. So did Bangladesh in 1970s.
A govt plays a role in it (can veto inclusion given this is UN), but its nowhere near entirety of process, esp for graduating from LDC....and such decision (to not get included) will be flagged in the tri-year report along with reason why.
The country has to formally express objection to joining LDC when CDP and DESA appointed commitee check all the rubric marks for meeting criteria (as data becomes available, many countries data is often opaque, hence Myanmar joined quite late and North Korea will probably never join)
Only 3 countries identified as LDC candidate have done so (objected to inclusion) in the past and they had to present an argument for it:
http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/cdp/cdp_publications/2015cdphandbook.pdf
1. Procedures for inclusion The triennial review of the list of the LDCs begins with an analysis of the economic and social conditions in all LDCs and other developing countries by an expert group meeting of CDP members, and precedes the CDP plenary meeting where the triennial review takes place. The group of experts reviews the most recent available data and the preliminary results of the application of the criteria. Subsequently, it prepares a preliminary list of countries identified for inclusion and graduation for review by the Committee at its relevant annual plenary meeting. After the expert group meeting has identified a country for inclusion in the list, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) notifies that country’s Government of this conclusion and that the finding will be considered by the Committee at its forthcoming triennial review. DESA subsequently prepares a country assessment note for presentation to the Committee (see figure I.2). The country assessment note corroborates the basis of the group’s finding of eligibility by means of statistical evidence and incorporates other relevant information. Particular consideration is given to the reasons for the recent deterioration of economic and social conditions in the country to determine whether that deterioration is due to structural or transitory factors. The country assessment note is also shared with the candidate country, which may submit a written statement to the CDP, expressing its views on its possible inclusion in the list, including any objections to such inclusion.
If the Committee, at its triennial review, confirms the country’s eligibility for inclusion, DESA will once again notify the country of this finding. If the country does not express a formal objection to inclusion in the list, the Committee will make an appropriate recommendation in its report to the Council. If the country has expressed a formal objection to DESA, the finding of eligibility as well as the country’s objection will be recorded in the report and no recommendation for inclusion will be made. Once the Council endorses the recommendation for inclusion—and after the country has subsequently notified the Secretary-General of its acceptance—the country will be formally added to the list immediately after the General Assembly has taken note of the recommendation.
a. Countries included in the list of LDCs Since the establishment of the category in 1971, the number of LDCs has doubled, from 25 in 1971 to 48 in 2015 (see figure I.3). The first triennial review, however, was only conducted in 1991. In previous years, inclusion followed different procedures (see box I.2). The list grew over the years as countries gained independence and faced severe developmental challenges which were, in some cases, compounded by the devastating effects of war and conflict. Eritrea, South Sudan and Timor-Leste are cases in point. Others were added due to a sustained deterioration in economic conditions (e.g., Angola, Liberia and Senegal).
Three countries—Ghana, Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe—were considered by the CDP to be eligible for LDC status, but declined to be included in the list. They questioned either the validity or accuracy of the data presented by the CDP, arguing that the indicators had not captured the relevant aspects of their respective economies. Additionally, the countries emphasized an improvement in their socioeconomic conditions since the time of the CDP assessment as well as the existence of significant time lags in the production of data which therefore did not capture more recent positive trends.
Box I.2 Inclusion in the LDC category: the early years Between 1975 and 1991, there were no systematic reviews of the list of least developed countries (LDCs). After an initial review of the original list in 1975, conducted on the basis of a revision of the original criteria and data, decisions of inclusion followed an assessment of specific countries—on the base of the established criteria—but which was initiated by a request from the country itself through the Economic and Social Council or the General Assembly.
Not all countries forwarded for consideration by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) were found eligible for inclusion at first, either because they did not meet the criteria or because the Committee was unable to make a decision in view of lack of corroborating data and opted to defer its decision. Most of these countries eventually were included in the list (Angola, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kiribati, Liberia, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tuvalu and Vanuatu). Conversely, other countries that were explicitly referred to the CDP never became LDCs (Antigua, Dominica, Namibia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Seychelles and Tonga).
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So take your BS elsewhere dummy. This is not a volunteer joining/leaving. All the countries listed by Doyalbaba have made their case to not be LDC or were not even considered in first place (I have given the 3 that were considered and passed all internal UN stages...but did veto in the end, but still made an argument why).
3 countries, but the BBS dullard spews nonsense like this over something he has no clue over:
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In Africa, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Kenya,Zimbabwe who choose not to join it due to similar reason of India, Pakistan.Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are also not part of it despite lower living standard than Bangladesh.
Sorry UN simply doesn't agree on the criteria they have forwarded for development (which is lot more broad than current in-situ institutional reliant snapshot of human development), only Ghana and Zimbabwe can be argued to have exercised what he is describing in his self-declared list of countries.
