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What is a Less Economically Developed Country? And how does this affect the lives of those who live there?Key facts
- Less Economically Developed Country (LEDC) refers to a nation with a low level of material wellbeing.
- LEDCs are characterised by: high birth rates, high infant mortality, high death rates, low literacy and poor water supply.
- There is little income per person in LEDCs and many cannot afford sufficient food, leading to malnourishment.
- Programmes are now in place to help enable LEDCs to develop an infrastructure, which will alleviate poverty.
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About 25,000 people die every day from hunger, malnutrition or related causes.
This is one person every three and a half seconds.
The majority of these deaths occur in less economically developed countries, or LEDCs.
Less Economically Developed Country (LEDC)
A less economically developed country refers to a nation with a low level …
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