Bhutan

On 13th December 2018 the United Nations General Assembly took note of the recommendation by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) to graduate Bhutan, São Tomé and Príncipe and Solomon Islands from the list of least developed countries (LDCs). Whi ...

On 26 October the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) successfully launched the Gradjet LDC graduation website (www.gradjet.org) attended by Government officials from 10 LDCs, international agencies and other interested stakeholde ...

On 24 July the Coordination and Management Meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) reviewed the Report of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) on its twentieth session. The Council took note of the work done by the Committee on (a) le ...

Some countries have graduated from the LDC category or made progress towards graduation not through progress in all three LDC criteria but by specializing in a few economic activities while at the same time investing in human capital. Bhutan falls within this latter category given that it specializes in natural resource based activities (hydropower generation) and tourism, with some manufacturing.