UN Releases Report on Least Developed Countries

(RV - 17 July 09) Afghanistan tops the United Nations list of 49 poorest countries in today’s world.

In it’s annual report released today. the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development warns that the world economic crisis will soon take its toll on these nations and is urging a complete overhaul in development polices financed by foreign aid.

Dr Zeljka Kozul-Wright, chief of the African Least Developed Countries section of UNCTAD, argues that in this context "business as usual" is no longer acceptable...