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Solomon Islands is now scheduled to graduate on 13 December 2027

Higher domestic food prices are a major driver of food insecurity, especially for poor households whose incomes are stagnant or declining. Countries that already faced protracted food crises before the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have been the most affected by the recent food price increases.

This paper discusses the escalating external debt distress and financial constraints faced by many least developed countries (LDCs) and other developing countries.

CDP Chair presented the central messages of the CDP's report to the High-Level Segment of ECOSOC

The inevitability of preparing for a future with an older population adds to the urgency with which countries need to improve how they prepare young people for the jobs of today and the future. Without a large boost in labour productivity, the potential economic benefits due to an influx of young workers will remain unrealized at the scale needed for such a future.

How can the VNRs be strengthened in content and process to better support an accelerated SDG implementation?

Microchips are central to modern industries, ranging from consumer goods, industrial production to national defence. While chip supply shortages, notable during the pandemic, have now largely eased, this has been uneven across user sectors.

This study analyses the policy and developmental implications, for Cambodia, Djibouti, Senegal and Zambia, of losing access to the LDC-specific provisions of the TRIPS Agreement

Presentation of the CDP report to ECOSOC's 2023 Management Segment and adoption of the ECOSOC resolution on the report