LEDC’s are the countries which produce many of the worlds raw materials. They then sell these raw materials to MEDC’s for relatively low prices.

The MEDC’s then use the products to manufacture high value goods which they can sell for a great profit.

Many LEDC’s cannot afford the modern technology which would help to ensure better medical care and improve levels of employment.

In LEDC’s much of the food is produced on small, inefficient subsistence farms and together with problems caused by extreme weather, means that food production on a national scale may be inadequate to feed all the people.