Least Developed Countries Category

The paper offers critical perspectives on the SDGs targets with a discussion on the economic challenges as well as the opportunities for trade and entrepreneurship.

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 October 30, the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) briefed the LDC Sub-committee of the WTO on recent developments in the graduation of least developed countries (LDCs). Information was provided on the role of the CDP in regar ...

From 23 to 26 October the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) conducted the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) of the CDP Subgroup on least developed countries (LDCs) in Geneva, Switzerland to (i) discuss issues related to the review of t ...

On 27 July the CDP Secretariat published an interview with the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) about graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category. The interview explains the LDC category and what it takes for an LDC to graduate; which ...

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 ...

On 16 July the Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), Professor José Antonio Ocampo, introduced the Committee’s 2018 report, focusing on the CDP’s findings on “Leaving no one behind” at the High-level Segment of the 2018 ECOSOC session. H ...

The Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) participated in the Meeting of National Focal Points of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) on the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) from 12-13 July 2018, delivering key ...

The CDP Secretariat participated at the Consultative Meeting on Accelerating Progress Toward Graduation from the LDC Category” organized by UN-OHRLLS from 28 to 29 June, delivering a presentation on the “Progress towards graduation”. More information: ...