CDP Resources

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

This paper highlights the key findings of the annual studies by the CDP of the VNR reports submitted to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) from 2017 to 2021.

2023 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

This policy note focuses on the likely impacts, in the short and medium run, of the withdrawal of international support measures, taking into account the nature of these measures and how the identified countries have used them so far.

The UK has adopted a new Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) which makes it easier for graduating LDCs to accede to the intermediary “Enhanced Preferences” scheme

This article connects the work that underpinned the Agenda’s emergence with the continuing challenges of its implementation as a process of norm making and norm evolution

While there are important improvements and positive developments in the VNRs over time, there remains a significant gap between the ambitions of the 2030 agenda and the policies, strategies and actions reported in the VNRs. The deep transformative change that is envisioned in the agenda and required to meet the SDGs is not evident in the VNRs.

2022 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

Report on the different aspects of LDC graduation and the textile and clothing sector in Asian graduating LDCs