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On 17 July 2017 Professor Jose Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee’s findings on “Lessons learned in developing productive capacities from countries graduating and graduated from the LDC categor ...

OHRLLS is convening a consultative meting of LDCs and Friends of LDCs on the implementation of the SDGs and Istanbul Programme of Action for the LDCs. Increasingly urgent and complex challenges that are driving the development needs and vulnerabilities ...

Half a century after its launch the CDP remains at the forefront of international development thinking, providing innovative, timely and practical advice from across the disciplines.

This paper examines the process of building productive capacity in Ethiopia over the past two decades and the roles played by the state, government, the private sector, foreign firms and development partners.

The ePing system, an SPS and TBT notification alert system developed by UN DESA in cooperation with the WTO and ITC, is officially launched on 8 November 2016 at the WTO, by UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in UN DESA Lenni Montiel, WTO Deputy Director General Karl Brauner and the Executive Director of ITC Arancha González.

On 29 September 2016 the CDP Subgroup on Leaving No One Behind will hold a virtual meeting to discuss development strategies that particularly promote the well-being of the worst off, as a part of the Committee’s multi-year work programme on the theme ...

This paper attempts to identify different LDC clusters in which underdevelopment is caused by specific economic and social conditions.

The present paper examines the current regulatory framework in order to promote changes in global rules and governance of migration.

The paper examines the relevance of trade preferences accorded to Bangladesh as an LDC for its recent accelerated development of its economy.