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Least Developed Countries
Pays les Moins Avances (PMA) - Paises Menos Desarrollados (PMD)
Forty-nine countries currently are designated by the United Nations as "least developed countries" (LDCs). They are distributed among the following regions: - Africa (33): Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia; - Asia (10): Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao People´s Democratic Republic, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor-Leste and Yemen; - Pacific (5): Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu; - Caribbean (1): Haiti.

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