CDP Background Paper series

This report suggests actions to be taken by the international development community and the graduating countries to strengthen the process of preparing for graduation from the LDC category.

This paper reviews conflict as one of potential factors that could be incorporated in the identification of LDCs.

The paper discusses the conceptual, methodological and empirical issues related to the CDP's economic vulnerability index (EVI) used to identify LDCs.

The paper examines international migration and development.

The paper reviews the existing support by the United Nations system to the small island developing States (SIDS).

The paper reviews policy efforts to advance growth and development in LDCs, in particular those efforts aimed at promoting well-being by reducing vulnerability to economic shocks.

The report reviews the role of economic welfare in conflict prevention, including the strategies required to ensure sustainable peace in post-conflict countries.

The paper is intended to provide an African perspective with regard to ownership and the domestic policy adjustments required to achieve the internationally agreed MDGs.

This paper examines innovative approaches to domestic resource mobilization in selected LDCs.