Achieving the MDGs and exiting from the LDC status requires continuous and highly
efficient public investments. Environmental impact assessments will be fundamental as well as social
impact assessment and indeed it may be necessary to use weighting in economic appraisals to give
greater emphasis to the financial and economic gains to the poor. It will also be necessary to assess
impact on gender, particularly considering the relationship between gender inequality and growth. At
the same time, these analyses are important in fulfilling the condition of exiting from the LDC status.