Productive Capacity

2019 CDP report, ECOSOC resolutions, GA resolutions

The Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2019/33, Supplement No. 13) on its 21st plenary session held from 11 to 15 March 2019 is now available in all six official languages on the CDP website. The report addresses the following themes dis ...

11 - 15 March 2019 at UN Headquarters in New York, USA

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 report addresses the five themes discussed: (1) leaving no one behind; (2) the triennial review of least developed countries; (3) monitoring the progress of countries that are graduating and have graduated from the list of the least developed countries; (4) improved assistance for graduating LDCs; and, (5) reviews of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.