Developing countries in international trade 2007

The new UNCTAD report Developing Countries in International Trade 2007--Trade and Development Index (TDI) identifies the complex interdependence of current economic conditions in developing countries, developed nations and countries in transition and the strengths and weaknesses of their respective institutional and policy environments. The report provides yardsticks which developing countries and countries in transition can use to analyze their performance against benchmarks set by developed countries. The TDI also provides perspectives ranging from comparisons between regions to comparisons of individual countries. A new feature of this yearþs edition is a series of country profiles for each of the 123 countries represented in the analysis. These profiles present three sets of information: selected indicators; a comparison between the TDI scores obtained in 2005 and 2006 (based on newly refined methodology and data); the degree to which an individual country has climbed up the development ladder; and a comparison of its performance with other countries.