Developing Countries
A developing country is a country with a less developed industrial base and a low Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. However, this definition is not universally agreed upon. There is also no clear agreement on which countries fit this category. The term low and middle-income country (LMIC) is often used interchangeably but refers only to the economy of the countries: The World Bank classifies the world's economies into four groups, based on Gross National Income per capita, re-set each year on July 1: high, upper-middle, lower-middle, and low income countries. Least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and …
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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 17 April 2024 English
An essential tool for policy-makers working to develop a sector-wide vision for responsible mining.
developed countries and a growing number of developing countries. The world map in Figure 2 shows the spread …
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 16 April 2024 English
A field with its roots established in the 1950s, artificial intelligence (AI) is suddenly much more in the public eye and capable of doing useful things for casual users as …
OECD (2019) and leading AI firms.12 for developing countries looking to participate in the AI boom. Saurabh … a role in strategic diversification for developing countries. Despite risks, the diffusion and application … Lewis Ho et al. (2023) point out that some developing countries could benefit greatly from AI IP but may … Zaccaria. 2023. “AI specialization for in Developing Countries during the 1990s.” OECD Economic pathways … Fedscoop, September 12. property rights in developing countries.” In Intellectual Property https://fedscoop …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 9 April 2024 English
Blackouts and Backsliding presents the latest energy subsidy data for South Africa. South Africa's fossil fuel subsidies tripled between FY 2018 and FY 2023, from ZAR 39 billion (USD 2.9 …
fuel subsidies revisited: Evidence for developing countries (IMF Working Paper No. 2015/250). International …
AIC: Agricultural Institute of Canada · 31 March 2024 English
The success of the Quebec pilot, combined with the identified need across the agriculture sector for more training opportunities for women led to the expansion of the program Canada-wide and …
food and up to 80 per cent of the food in developing countries, despite getting short shrift on resources … it inflicts on vulnerable communities in developing countries. In India's Maharashtra state, these impacts …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 22 March 2024 English
approaches and policies aligned with national strategies, including ensuring that mineral-rich developing countries collect an appropriate share of the financial benefits from critical minerals value chains …
strategies, including ensuring that mineral-rich developing countries collect an appropriate share of the financial … Revenues From Critical Minerals Matter to Developing Countries Revenues from critical minerals matter to … to mineral-rich developing countries for several reasons: • The additional revenue potential of critical … strategies, including ensuring that mineral-rich developing countries collect an appropriate share of the financial … volatility is a problem for mineral-rich developing countries because it typically impacts government …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 19 March 2024 English
An exposé of the reality of Saskatchewan’s potash industry management—prioritizing private profit over public interest A single province in Canada—Saskatchewan—is blessed with a remarkable birthright: 50% of the world’s potash …
all people in the world” and would allow developing countries to afford potash.32 The policy favoured …
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 18 March 2024 English
Data Disquiet: Concerns about the Governance of Data for Generative AI 1 companies that control the use and reuse of much of is comprised of data sets created, collected or …
2023). The author is not aware of efforts in developing countries to ensure that their contributions to knowledge … handle the data they acquire, opportunity for developing countries to push for collect, store and analyze is … required to report flows at the WTO. Yet developing countries are quarterly on the data they acquire, …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 12 March 2024 English
In global environmental talks in 2023, the focus across nearly all issue areas was funding implementation and reviewing performance.The year saw the last of the COVID pandemic-delayed milestones completed. Countries …
(IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth) enb.iisd.org 28 developing countries reduce emissions, adapt to climate change … damage. The UNFCCC’s first estimate of developing countries’ needs increased to USD 5.8–5.9 trillion …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 12 March 2024 English
This report outlines the importance of monitoring progress in green public procurement (GPP) and highlights various methodologies, challenges, and recommendations to improve monitoring practices. The report focuses specifically on monitoring …
represented about 15% of the GDP, whereas in developing countries, public procurement makes up nearly 30% …
Agricultural Policy Research Networks · 11 March 2024 English
It is followed by a comparison of the relationship between the coordinates of rice production point of each DMU and the position of the optimal frontier. [...] The technical efficiency …
agriculture really matter for economic growth in developing countries? Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics …