CDP News and Events

The CDP Secretariat participated as panelist at DESA’s special event “Building Capacity for the 2030 Agenda – UN DESA’s contribution”, arranged on the sidelines of the work of the GA’s Second Committee on 27 November 2017 by the Capacity Development Of ...

The CDP Secretariat participated in the capacity building workshop on ‘Formulating National Policies and Strategies in Preparation for Graduation from the LDC Category’ held in Thimphu, Bhutan during 14 - 16 November 2017. The meeting was organized joi ...

The subgroup on “Leaving no one behind” of the Committee on Development Policy (CDP) met in Mexico City from 14 - 16 November 2017. Discussions addressed numerous aspects of the concept of “leaving no one behind”, including conceptual issues, the relat ...

The Secretariat of the CDP met checkwith officials from various Ministries (Finance, Planning, Foreign Affairs), the Bureau of Statistics and the Prime Minister’s Office, as well as with representatives from the private sector (Chamber of Commerce and the garments association) and the Centre for Policy Dialogue.

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 ...

Professor Adil Najam, Member of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), participated at the Voluntary National Review Session (VNR) of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development on 17 July 2017 as lead discussant. The theme of ...

Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), participated in the Opening Session of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development on 10 July 2017 as keynote speaker. The theme of this meetin ...

The CDP Secretariat participated in the Aid for Trade Global Review 2017: “Promoting Trade, Inclusiveness and Connectivity for Sustainable Development” (organised at the WTO in Geneva, from 11 to 13 July) and presented the ePing export alert notificati ...

Professor Keith Nurse, Rapporteur of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's Report on it's 19th Session to the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) held on 6 July 2017. The CDP's deliberations on LDC-related ...