As a group, the OIC least developed and low-income countries (30 countries) acount for about 67 percent of the total population of the OIC member countries. In these countries, poverty has spread far and wide. Its impact has been on such a large scale that it has become a structural phenomenon...

With a combined population of almost 334 million, the current 22 OIC least developed countries (OIC-LDCs) represent almost 54 per cent of the total population of the world's 49 LDCs and 26 per cent of the total OIC population. Economic and social development of OIC-LDCs represents a major...