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	Document Title	Date
	In Preparation for WTO MC12: Safeguarding Trade Interests of LDCs and Securing Trade Interests of Graduating LDCs	04 May 2020
	Graduation of Bhutan from the group of least developed countries: Potential implications and policy imperatives, Mohammad Razzaque for UNESCAP Despite confronted with such unfavourable conditions as mountainous topography and being landlocked and susceptible to natural disasters, Bhutan has demonstrated a strong track record in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty over the past two decades or so.	01 May 2020
	MPFD Working Paper on Nepal's graduation from LDC: Potential implications and issues for consideration - Mohammad Razzaque for UNESCAP Nepal has achieved significant socio-economic progress despite being confronted by unfavourable conditions such as its being landlocked and susceptible to natural disasters.	11 March 2020
	Finding new support for Timor-Leste’s graduation from least developed country (LDC) status (UN in Timor-Leste blog post) Finding new support for Timor-Leste’s graduation from least developed country (LDC) status (UN in Timor-Leste blog post)	27 February 2020
	Stratégie de transition sans heurt de Vanuatu	11 December 2019
	Improved assistance for LDC graduation: What else can be done? - Ana Luiza Cortez for Trade4Development/EIF Graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category, a milestone in a country’s development, is not free of controversies. Graduating countries fear the phasing out of LDC-specific support may disrupt their development trajectory.	04 December 2019
	Out of the trap: supporting the least developed countries, Patrick Guillaumont, FERDI The Least Developed Countries (LDCs), presently 47, a category of countries created at the United Nations in 1971, are identified as poor countries facing structural handicaps to growth and sustainable development.	29 October 2019
	Finding new support for graduating LDCs	29 October 2019
	Improved assistance measures for graduated and graduating least developed countries for the achievement of agenda 2030 (CDP Policy Review No. 9; Ana L. Cortez) LDC graduation has become an increasingly important issue in the international development agenda. Meeting graduation eligibility is a major goal of the Istanbul Plan of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the decade 201-2020 (IPoA).	30 September 2019
	Cambodia Trade Integration Strategy 2019-2023, Main Report and Action Matrix. Kingdom of Cambodia Cambodia has been at the forefront and has been a key beneficiary of the Enhanced Integrated Framework partnership for Least Developed Countries (EIF).	30 July 2019