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On 19 November 2015 the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) launched the second edition of the Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category: Inclusion, Graduation and Special Support Measures. This second edition builds upon a ...

The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) launched today the second edition of the Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category: Inclusion, Graduation and Special Support Measures at a briefing in New York. The Handbook contains a detailed description of the procedures and methodologies used by the CDP in the identification of least developed countries (LDCs), as well as an overview of the international support measures associated with the LDC category. As a supplement to the Handbook, the LDC 2015 Country Snapshots was also presented at the briefing. The Country Snapshots is a compilation of one-page profiles for each of the 48 countries classified as LDCs in 2015 and illustrates the gaps in progress towards the LDC graduation thresholds for each country.

Presentation launching the Handbook on the LDC category (second edition) and LDC 2015 Country Snapshots

This paper argues for the strengthening of the Committee on World Food Security to ensure greater coherence in the global approach to food security and the multilateral trade, financial and environmental regimes.

From 5 to 6 November the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) conducted a training workshop on the use of the ePing electronic alert system in Geneva, Switzerland. The workshop introduced participants to the ePing system, provided ...

From 3 to 4 November 2015 the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) organized a workshop in Geneva, Switzerland to strengthen the capacity of participating LDC to take advantage of existing international support measures (ISMs) for ...

  Building energy planning capacity in Costa Rica In the process of supporting countries in their transition from MDG-based development strategies to broader sustainable development strategies through modelling-based policy analyses, DPAD trained ...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role that ODA can play in the development process of LDCs and the way in which aid should be allocated among countries.

This paper presents a proposal for a monitoring and accountability system for the post-2015 development agenda.