## Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects in Low-Income Developing Countries

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: March 22, 2018

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### Overview and scope
- This paper is the fourth in a series examining macroeconomic developments and prospects in Low Income Developing Countries (LIDCs).
- Definition of LIDCs in the paper:
  - Fund member countries where gross national income (GNI) per capita lies below a threshold level and where external financial linkages and socioeconomic indicators have not lifted them into emerging market status.
  - There are 59 countries in the LIDC grouping, accounting for about one-fifth of the world’s population and 4 percent of global output.
- Publication metadata:
  - Publication date: March 22, 2018.
  - The analysis is grounded in, and draws on, the analysis and databases used to compile the World Economic Outlook (WEO).

### Key analytical focus
- Comparative timeframe:
  - Contrasts key features of the current situation with the period prior to the 2014 decline in commodity prices.
- Primary topics examined:
  - Macroeconomic trends across LIDCs in recent years.
  - Evolution of fiscal positions and public debt levels.
  - Detailed analysis of the drivers of debt accumulation.
  - Assessment of the current severity of debt vulnerabilities.
- Data and methodology:
  - The report drills down into the WEO database to examine the experience of LIDCs.

### Notable factual points and resources referenced
- The IMF eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats (as cited on the page).
- The paper is available in français (also available infrançais).

### Tags and classification (as presented)
- Subject: Low Income Developing Countries, Low-income developing countries
- Keywords: Low-Income Developing Countries

*Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects in Low-Income Developing Countries, March 22, 2018*

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