Measures of cognitive, noncognitive, and technical skills are increasingly used in development economics to analyze the determinants of skill formation, the role of skills in economic decisions, or simply because they are potential confounders. Yet in most cases, these measures have only been...

In response to the need expressed by the UN General Assembly, an economic vulnerability index (EVI) has been defined by the Committee for Development Policy. The present paper, which refers to this index, first examines how a structural economic vulnerability index can be designed for the...

What are the least developed countries? -- Continuity and change in the least developed countries category -- How has the application of inclusion and graduation criteria affected the least developed countries list? -- Least developed countries and growth economics: why no convergence? -- The...