News stories by Cheick Sidi Diarra

Though they are the world's most vulnerable countries, LDCs have what it takes to become the global economy's next bright spot: an abundant and mostly young workforce, the most prized natural resources (petrol, metals, minerals, crops, and arable land) and a growing drive to attract investors, writes Cheick Sidi Diarra, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States .