LDCs

On 16 July the CDP Secretariat participated in a panel of speakers in the HLPF side event on “Supporting LDCs for Smooth Transition Towards Sustainable Graduation”, organized by the Permanent Missions of Bangladesh and the Maldives, UN-ESCAP and UN-OHR ...

The Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) participated in the Meeting of National Focal Points of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) on the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) from 12-13 July 2018, delivering key ...

The CDP Secretariat participated at the Consultative Meeting on Accelerating Progress Toward Graduation from the LDC Category” organized by UN-OHRLLS from 28 to 29 June, delivering a presentation on the “Progress towards graduation”. More information: ...

The CDP Secretariat made a presentation on ‘The Needs and Priorities of LDCs in Economic Transformation’ at the 10th Plenary Meeting of the ‘OECD Initiative for Policy Dialogue in Global Value Chains, Production Transformation and Development’ taking p ...

The Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) contributed two sessions to the capacity-development workshop ‘Achieving structural economic progress toward and beyond graduation from Least Developed Country status in the Pacific,’ held i ...

From 13 to 14 June the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) attended the Global Forum on Inclusive Trade for least developed countries (LDCs) at the World Trade Organisation Secretariat in Geneva, making a presentation on the impac ...

Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee’s Report on it’s 20th Session to the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) held on 12 June 2018. The CDP’s deliberations on LDC- ...

For some least developed countries (LDCs) like Bangladesh and Nepal, moving onto a path of long-term prosperity requires structural transformation that expands production via manufacturing, services and higher-productivity agriculture. The UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP), using a series of case studies, identified some possible lessons from building productive capacity in countries that are about to graduate or have recently graduated from the LDC category.

This paper provides an overview of the conceptual and empirical issues involved in the overarching goal of “leaving no one behind”.