Andy Sumner - Institute of Development Studies

IDS WORKING PAPER 349Table 5.1 Data on reserves, ODA and structural indicators in the 27new MICs versus other groups (averages for countries with 2 datapoints)Total reserves in Net ODA received Net ODA receivedmonths of imports (% of GNI) (% of grosscapital formation)1988-90 2007-8 1988-90 2007-8 1988-90 2007-827 new MICS 1.3 5.0 7.0 5.8 40.4 28.4MIC 2.9 5.3 7.2 4.5 33.6 15.7MIC FCAS 1.8 4.2 13.6 9.4 73.7 53.9MIC NON-FCAS 3.1 5.5 6.1 3.3 26.5 8.3LIC 2.3 4.3 16.4 15.4 88.3 62.6LIC FCAS 2.2 4.5 17.0 19.3 108.5 77.4LIC NON-FCAS 2.3 4.1 15.9 10.7 68.9 44.4FCAS 2.1 4.4 15.7 15.5 95.9 68.9Sub-Sahara Africa 2.3 4.3 15.3 13.0 93.9 54.4LDCs 2.3 4.1 19.1 15.7 – 66.0Employment inTax revenueagriculture (% of GINI index (% of GDP)total employment)27 new MICS 45.9 39.0 40.6 39.7 18.3 19.4MIC 21.8 23.5 40.4 43.6 18.1 18.1MIC FCAS 41.0 33.7 38.2 40.8 20.1 15.4MIC NON-FCAS 20.9 22.6 40.5 43.8 18.0 18.3LIC -- -- -- -- -- --LIC FCAS -- -- -- -- -- --LIC NON-FCAS -- -- -- -- -- --FCAS -- -- -- -- -- --Sub-Sahara Africa -- -- -- -- -- --LDCs -- -- -- -- -- --Source: Processed from WDI. Note: - = Insufficient number of countries with two data points. LeastDeveloped Countries = same group of 50 used in both time points although Cape Verde graduated in 2006.the causes of poverty by changing the policies of rich countries and investingin global public goods; (c) transfer income and consumption from the world’srich to the world’s poor to enable them to live better lives while development istaking place, as a matter of global social justice; and (d) target moreassistance on those in chronic and deep poverty.(Barder 2009: 2)28