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 statistics published in 2004 define these as having a per capita GNI of less than USD3,255 equivalent per year¹.

For your reference the current list (according to WDI 2004 statistics) of Special Consideration Countries is given below:

Source: World Development Indicators 2004 published by the World Bank. The above per capita GNP statistics have been obtained from Table 1.1 and Table 1.6 of that publication.

¹for more details view World Bank - Data & Statistics (Country Calassification).