In the context of International Political Economy the term of LDC stands for:

Lowest Developed Countries Lowest Developing Countries Least Developing Countries Least Developed Countries

Least Developed Countries

The non-aligned countries were more than merely mediators during the Cold War. The challenge for most of the non-aligned countries — a majority of them were categorized as the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) — was to be more developed economically and to lift their people out of poverty.