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HDM-4 Discounts - Special Consideration Countries

Countries eligible for Special Consideration (SCC) in the HDM-4 community are those countries eligible for assistance from the PIARC Special Fund. PIARC defines these countries as those countries identified from published World Bank statistics as low and lower middle income economies. The latest published statistics (2009) define these as having a per capita GNI of less than USD3,945 equivalent per year1.

For your reference the current list (according to 2009 statistics) of Special Consideration Countries is given below:

Country Per Capita GNI (USD)
Afghanistan -
Angola 3750
Armenia 3100
Bangladesh 580
Belize -
Benin 750
Bhutan 2030
Bolivia 1630
Burkina Faso 510
Burundi 150
Cambodia 610
Cameroon 1190
Cape Verde 3010
Central African Republic 450
Chad -
China 3650
Comoros 870
Congo, Rep. 2080
Cote d'Ivoire 1070
Djibouti 1280
Egypt, Arab Rep. 2070
El Salvador 3370
Eritrea -
Ethiopia 330
Fiji 3840
Gambia, The 440
Georgia 2530
Ghana 1190
Guatemala 2650
Guinea 370
Guinea-Bissau 510
Guyana -
Haiti -
Honduras 1800
India 1180
Indonesia 2050
Iraq 2210
Kenya 760
Kiribati 1830
Kosovo 3240
Kyrgyz Republic 870
Lao PDR 880
Lesotho 980
Liberia 160
Madagascar -
Malawi 280
Mali 680
Marshall Islands 3060
Mauritania 960
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 2500
Moldova 1560
Mongolia 1630
Morocco 2770
Mozambique 440
Myanmar -
Nepal 440
Nicaragua 1000
Niger 340
Nigeria 1190
Pakistan 1000
Papua New Guinea 1180
Paraguay 2250
Philippines 2050
Rwanda 460
Samoa 2840
Sao Tome and Principe 1140
Senegal 1040
Sierra Leone 340
Solomon Islands 910
Somalia -
Sri Lanka 1990
Sudan 1220
Suriname -
Swaziland 2470
Syrian Arab Republic 2410
Tajikistan 700
Tanzania 500
Thailand 3760
Togo 440
Tonga 3260
Tunisia 3720
Turkmenistan 3420
Uganda 460
Ukraine 2800
Uzbekistan 1100
Vanuatu 2620
Vietnam 930
Yemen, Rep. 1060
Zambia 970
Zimbabwe -

Source: World Bank - GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$). The above per capita GNP statistics have been obtained from the 2009 data and last updated by HDMGlobal on 3rd Feb 2011.

1for more details view World Bank - How we Classify Countries | Data.

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