The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) is deeply concerned about the negative impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on LDCs. The Committee has reflected this concern in the recommendations made at its 2021 Triennial Review of the LDC category and has issued, at the request of ECOSOC, a comprehensive study on the impacts of COVID-19 on the LDC category. CDP study (April 2021): Comprehensive Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Least Developed Country Category CDP statement (May 2020): Covid-19 and graduation from the LDC category

VACCINATIONS

COVID-19 vaccinations in LDCs – No more updates will be provided after December 2023   2023 Jan   |  Feb   |  Mar   |  Apr   |  May   |  Jun   |  Jul   |  Aug   |  Sep   |  Oct   |  Nov   |  Dec   2022 Jan   |  Feb   |  Mar   |  Apr   |  May   |  Jun   |  Jul   |  Aug   |  Sep   |  Oct   |  Nov   |  Dec   2021 May   |  Jun   |  Jul   |  Aug   |  Sep   |  Oct   |  Nov   |  Dec  

TESTING

COVID-19 testing in LDCs – No more updates will be provided after December 2022   2022 Jan   |  Feb   |  Mar   |  Apr   |  May   |  Jun   |  Jul   |  Aug   |  Sep   |  Oct   |  Nov   |  Dec   2021 Jan   |  Feb   |  Mar   |  Apr   |  May   |  Jun   |  Jul   |  Aug   |  Sep   |  Oct   |  Nov   |  Dec   2020 Combined weekly 2020 reports (6 May -31 December)

GOVERNMENT RESPONSES

COVID-19 government responses in LDCs – The Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (our data source) has stopped publishing real-time updates for most jurisdictions at the end of 2022. Therefore, no more updates will be provided after December 2022.   2022 Jan   |  Feb   |  Mar   |  Apr   |  May   |  Jun   |  Jul   |  Aug   |  Sep   |  Oct   |  Nov   |  Dec   2021 Jan   |  Feb   |  Mar   |  Apr   |  May   |  Jun   |  Jul   |  Aug   |  Sep   |  Oct   |  Nov   |  Dec   2020 May   |  Jun   |  Jul   |  Aug   |  Sep   |  Oct   |  Nov   |  Dec

ANALYSIS

• UN/DESA Policy Brief #66: COVID-19 and the least developed countries
• CDP member articles: • Debapriya Bhattacharya, Fareha Raida Islam, “Should Bangladesh defer LDC graduation?“, The Daily Star, 16 May 2020 • Debapriya Bhattacharya, Fareha Raida Islam, “The COVID-19 Scourge: How affected are the Least Developed Countries?“, OECD Development Matters, 23 April 2020 • Debapriya Bhattacharya, Fareha Raida Islam, “Least Developed Countries Confronting COVID-19: Response and Resilience“

MORE INFORMATION

• Information on Covid-19 and LDCs on the LDC Portal
• CDP Policy Note: Development Policy and Multilateralism after COVID-19
• Articles by CDP members on Covid-19

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