Landlocked Developing Countries
The term developing countries without access to the sea or English Landlocked Developing Countries ( LLDCs ) denotes a defined by the United Nations socio-economic status, the 31 off- seas location, poor countries around the world have (as of May 2006).
Disambiguation
The abbreviation LLDCs is often specified for the Least Developed Countries, to prevent any confusion with the Less Developed Countries, which are one level above the Least Developed Countries. This confusion lie with the Landlocked Developing Countries, however, obvious why the Least Developed Countries LDC and the Less Developed Countries usually evasive as Developing Countries are referred to. Nowadays, however, distinguished himself by some UN agencies no longer particularly between Least and Less Developed Countries.
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This landlocked developing countries usually have particular difficulty in claiming, among other things due to their seclusion on the world market. The crossing of several other states, the bridge above average distances and impassable terrain, inadequate and inefficient transport infrastrukturielle conditions allow the transit costs grow without bounds. Low rates of economic growth are the result - so are among the 31 developing countries without access to the sea 16 of the least developed countries in the world (LDCs ).
Landlocked countries in Europe, however, have the advantage that they are surrounded by high volume markets, their share of the See-Export/-Import is relatively low, and also the respective nearest port located not so far as, for example, in landlocked countries in Africa. The distance to a port can be in amounts of tens of thousands of kilometers, such as Kazakhstan has to travel 3750 km, the longest distance, Afghanistan, Chad, Niger, Zambia and Zimbabwe come to about 2000 km. Most of the LLDCs are also surrounded by countries with weak economies, which in turn has a negative effect on the transport of LLDCs. With them must be used only under severe conditions trade, they can hardly provide the necessary market or transport systems at a high technical and administrative level.
Together with the LDCs and situated on small islands developing states ( SIDS), the LLDCs since 2001 by a High Representative of the OHRLLS ( " Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Iceland Developing States " ) are represented. Due to a resolution of the UN General Assembly this office has been established at the seat of the World Organization in New York to assist in coordinating the various action programs for these groups of countries.