progress report" (April1989)and"Criteria fordesignation asleastdeveloped amongthedeveloping countries: aprogress report" (April1990). RQ/SeetheNairobi Forward-looking Strategies fortheAdvancement ofWomen,epartoftheWorldConference toReview andA· . 15-26July1985(United Nations publication, SalesNo.E.S5.IV.10), chap.i. -52-Annex I AGENDA 1.Adoption oftheagenda andorganization of~ork. 2.Emerging trendsinthe~orldeconomy. 3.Self-evaluation oftheCommittee. 4.Emerging trading blocsandtheirimplications fordevelopment planning. 5.National policies intheareasofpublicexpenditures andtaxreformin relation toeconomic development. 6.Measures forthealleviation ofpoverty. 7.Criteria fordesignation asleastdeveloped amongthedeveloping countries. 8.Identification oftheleastdeveloped amongthedeveloping countries: the caseofLiberia. 9.Organization ofthe~orkofthetwenty-seventh session. 10.Adoption ofthereportoftheCommittee onitstwenty-sixth session. -53-Annex11 LISTOFTHELEASTDEVELOPED AMONG THEDEVELOPING COUNTRIES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.Country Afghanistan Benin Bhutan Botswana Burundi Chad Ethiopia Guinea Haiti LaoPeople's Democratic Republic Lesotho Malawi ~oI{aldives Mali Nepal Niger Rwanda Samoa Somalia Sudan Uganda United Republic ofTanzania Burkina Faso Yemen Bangladesh Central African Republic Democratic Yemen Gambia CapeVerde Comoros GuineaBissau Djibouti Equatorial Guinea SaoTomeandPrincipe Sierra Leone Togo Vanuatu Tuvalu Kiribati MauritaniaDateofinclusion onthelist 1971 It It .. .. It.. .... .. It It .. .. .. .. .. .. 1975.. .. .. 1977.. 1981 1982.. .. .. .. 1985 1986.. .. -54-country Dateofinclusion onthelist U.Myanmar 1987 42.Mozambique 1988 43.Liberia (subject toapproval bythe General Assembly) 1990 90-13241 1691b(E) -55-i~' ~)Ol.:.I.J~~J~I~ <.,;S.ll.;;-~...-1-'-'.,...JWI.I..-;i~.,it-j,:J1J'"':"~l.;;-o......-:.ll ,..~,':"IJ~.i' J,..J..I~ .~ ~,i~b~"';~~I~"~'''''''~' :J!..,..:SI,i ~J-\..;;.;31 tofiiJ'UUl-frt;~~.., ~.~ili~~~*~W~~~~~~n~n~.~~.~~~~~~~~~ft~n~8~K~ ~~~iI!l~!Il.o HOWTOOBTAIN UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS UnitedNationspublications maybeobtained frombookstores anddistributors throughoul the world.Consultyourbookstore orwrite10:UnitedNations, SalesSection, NewYorkorGeneva. COMMENT SEPROCURER LESPUBLICA no~sDESNATIONS lJ!'oilES Lespublications desNationsUnicssontenventcdanslcslibrairies cllcsagcnccs d~positaires dumondeentier.Informez-vous auprhdevotrelibraireouadrcsscz·vOllS iI:Nations Unics, Sectiondesventes,NewYorkouGcnhc. KAI<:nOJlY'UfTb lfl,llAHHJI OprAHHJAUHI1 ObLE,lUfIIEIIIIl.IX HAuuA }'IJlIaHHlI OpraHHJaUHIt 06l>ClIHHCHHbIX Hau"A MO)l(HO lCynHTb •ICHH*"bIX MaraJ"HU HarC"TCTBax BOBCCXpaRoHax MHpa.HaBollHTc cnpaBKH 06HlllaHHU BBaWCM KHH)l(HOM MaralHMC HlI"nHWHTe noan.pecy: OpraHHJaUHlI 06l>clIHHCH"bIX HauHA,Cuu.."no npollall(e "JlIaHIlA, HbJO-AoplC "11")I(cHCBa. COMOCONSEGUlR PUBLlCACIONES DELASNACIONES UNIDAS LIspublicaciones delasNacioncs Vnidasestanenventaenlibrcrfas ycasasdistribuidoras cn todaspanesdelmundo.Consultc asulibrcro 0dirfjasea:Naciones Unidas,Secci6ndcVentas. NuevaYork0Ginebra. LithoinUnitedNations, NewYork 00750 ISSN0257-066113241-June 1990-3,400
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on the economic development of various countries, specifically focusing on the least developed among the developing countries. The report discusses topics such as emerging trends in the global economy, national policies on public expenditures and tax reform, and measures for the alleviation of poverty. The list of countries included in the report also suggests an economic focus.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade