BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Developing Country
- a country, often a producer of primary goods such as cotton or rubber, which cannot generate investment income to stimulate growth and which possesses a national income that is vulnerable to change in commodity prices
Additional Resources
- Trade Facilitation from a Developing Country Perspective
- Trade facilitation is an essential dimension in economic development in today's globalised world, especially from a developing country perspective. Developing countries normally have more cumbersome trade procedures, are more dependent on healthy environment for SMEs and are more dependent on Customs revenue collection and FDIs. It simplifies, increases security, and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- World Bank urges rich countries to cut trade barriers, boost aid; Developing country reforms also crucial to poverty reduction.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-26 May 2003-WORLD BANK: World Bank urges rich countries to cut trade barriers, boost aid; Developing country reforms also crucial to poverty reductionC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05222003 Bangalore, India - Rich countries should back their pledges to help reduce global...
- Research articles 2003-05-26
- Developing Country Economic Structure and the Pricing of Syndicated Credits
- In this paper estimates hedonic models to analyze the macro- and microeconomic determinants of the pricing of syndicated credits granted to developing country borrowers using the risk return framework. The conclusion is that certain microeconomic characteristics of developing country syndicated loans generally affect their pricing in the expected way (ie...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- KOREA TO PUSH FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY STATUS IN WTO FARM TALKS.
- SEOUL, March 17 Asia Pulse - Agriculture and Forestry Minister Kim Young-jin said Monday the government will make all-out efforts to maintain its status as a developing country in World Trade Organization WTO talks on agriculture. SEOUL, March 17 Asia Pulse - Agriculture and...
- Research articles 2003-03-17
- CHINA SHOULD ENTER WTO AS DEVELOPING COUNTRY: OFFICIAL
- AsiaInfo Services 06-11-2001 China Should Enter WTO as Developing Country: Official SHANGHAI, Jun 11, 2001 AsiaPort via COMTEX -- Chinese foreign trade minister Shi Guangsheng said Tuesday that the stand of the Chinese government on its acces AsiaInfo Services ...
- Research articles 2001-06-11
- Developing country should stay at the helm of the WTO: candidate
- GENEVA, AFP — As the race to lead the World Trade Organisation nears its climax, Uruguay's candidate said in an interview with AFP that a developing country must remain at the helm of the body that sets the rules for global commerce. With the World Bank traditionally run by...
- Research articles 2005-05-11
- Leadership/Followership Similarities Between People in a Developed and a Developing Country
- This paper presents the descriptive findings of two small-scale surveys regarding four organizational-behavior dimensions conducted in the Dominican Republic a developing country and New York City in a developed country with subjects of Dominican origin. The four dimensions studied are: managerial styles, followership types, power bases at work, and delegation...
- White papers
- E-finance in a Developing Country Like India
- This paper begins with a backdrop outlining the importance of Small and Medium Enterprises SMEs in a developing country like India, the distinctive profile and needs of an SME customer and the unique challenges in SME banking. Against this backdrop the paper then highlights the weaknesses in traditional lending models...
- White papers 2001-10-19
- Message to the Congress transmitting a notification of intent to designate Iraq as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences
- September 7, 2004 To the Congress of the United States: Pursuant to section 502f of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the "1974 Act"), I am writing to inform you of my intent to designate Iraq as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the Generalized System...
- Research articles 2004-09-13
- UN: Cannot be sustained progress unless people of developing country feel they are in driving seat.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-9 June 1999-UN: Deputy Secretary-General stresses there cannot be sustained development progress unless people of developing country feel they are in driving seat C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:080699 * Addressing High-Level Workshop, Louise Frechette Says Both World Bank And...
- Research articles 1999-06-09
- Does Foreign Direct Investment Harm The Host Country's Environment?: Evidence From China
- As more manufacturing is moved to the developing countries, policy makers become concerned with the environmental consequence. Relatively lenient environmental policies in the developing countries may give them a comparative advantage in pollution intensive goods, and openness to trade and foreign direct investment might harm the host country's environment. This...
- White papers 2006-04-12
- How Developing Countries are Developing Medical Tourism
- The first time I heard about US folks outsourcing their heart surgery or hip replacement to doctors in India or China, it sounded crazy. But clearly the rise of "medical tourism" -- traveling to different countries to have a medical procedure done less expensively, more expediently, and in some cases...
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Potential Applications of Structured Commodity Financing Techniques for Banks in Developing Countries
- This paper describes a number of financial techniques that can be used by developing country banks to open up new financing possibilities in the commodities sector. The first chapter discusses these various techniques, which can most easily be used in the commodity sector but which can also be adopted by...
- White papers 2001-08-29
- The debt trap and how to escape it: developing country debts.
- Huge debt loads are crippling the economy of several developing countries. African countries alone owed more than $230 billion in 1993. The World Bank should look at lending rules that allow countries to fall into so much debt.IF YOU take out a map of Africa and look on the left-hand...
- Research articles 1995-05-06
- The Impact Of The WTO Regime On Developing Countries
- This article summarizes some of the findings of the impact of the WTO Regime on Developing Countries. It highlights the actual, and potential, impacts of a number of preferential trade regimes conducted by the US and the EU on the trade patterns of the beneficiary less developed countries. In the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Sympathy strikes proposed for WTO developing economies
- MANILA, Oct. 21 Kyodo Trade officials from developing countries, seeking fairer rules under the World Trade Organization WTO, should, one suggested Thursday, get developing economies commit themselves to join in when a developing country tries to retaliate for trade violations.
- Research articles 1999-10-25
- Developing countries to hold WTO talks amid growing pessimism
- GENEVA AFP — Developing country trade ministers will meet in Geneva Thursday amid increasing pessimism on chances for a breakthrough in multilateral trade liberalisation talks at the WTO. Eight ministers from the G20 group of countries, including India, South Africa, Argentina and Tanzania, will meet at the behest of...
- Research articles 2007-11-14
- The Legal Framework for Collective Bargaining in Developing Economies
- This paper addresses the issue of law process pertaining to labor unions and collective bargains. The paper describes the activities of unions and reviews the research designed to measure the consequences of unionism. The context of this review is a developing country, which, by its very nature, cannot sustain as...
- White papers 1996-06-01
- Audit of Therapeutic Interventions in Inpatient Children Using Two Scores: Are they Evidence-Based in Developing Countries?
- This white paper work involves performing a study to determine the proportion of evidence-based therapeutic interventions in a paediatric referral hospital of a developing country. It suggests necessary method and results for achieving this goal. It also gives conclusion as most interventions were inappropriate, despite the availability of effective therapy...
- White papers 2004-12-29
- At the Cutting Edge?: UK Clothing Retailers' Global Sourcing Patterns and Practices and Their Implications for Developing Countries
- This paper examines the implications for developing country producers of changes in UK retailers' global sourcing practices. It examines to what extent UK retailers have adopted the 'lean retailing' paradigm, with its implications of a shift of sourcing 'nearer to home'. On the basis of a detailed examination of unpublished...
- White papers 2002-05-08
