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From 23 to 26 October the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) conducted the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) of the CDP Subgroup on least developed countries (LDCs) in Geneva, Switzerland to (i) discuss issues related to the review of t ...

The Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) participated in the Workshop for the 2019 Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) at the High-Level Political Forum, organized by the Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Susta ...

On 26 October 2018 a new website for least developed countries (LDCs) will officially launch at UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Gradjet, developed by the UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP) Secretariat, will help government officials in L ...

From 1 to 5 October the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) visited Dhaka, Chittagong and Cox´s Bazaar in Bangladesh to assess the possible impact of the countries’ graduation from the Least Developed Countries (LDC) category. Dur ...

On 27 September Committee for Development Policy (CDP) member Sakiko Fukuda-Parr participated as speaker in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) side event ‘Curse or Cure? Leaving No One Behind in an Age of Technological Revolution’ organized by ...

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) approved the new members of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), nominated by the Secretary-General, for a three-year term beginning on 1 January 2019 and expiring on 31 December 2021. The experts are nom ...

On 15 August the CDP Secretariat delivered a training workshop in Thimphu, Bhutan, on the Gradjet LDC graduation platform (www.gradjet.org), attended by 30 government officials, private sector and civil society stakeholders. Consultations with governme ...

On 27 July the CDP Secretariat published an interview with the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) about graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category. The interview explains the LDC category and what it takes for an LDC to graduate; which ...

On 24 July the Coordination and Management Meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) reviewed the Report of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) on its twentieth session. The Council took note of the work done by the Committee on (a) le ...