Solomon Islands is scheduled to graduate on 13 December 2027 (see the General Assembly resolutions here: graduation; extension of the preparatory period).

Solomon Islands smooth transition strategy (forthcoming)
CDP monitoring report on Solomon Islands, 2025
Solomon Islands' LDC fact sheet (CDP website) (includes CDP reports, ECOSOC and General Assembly resolutions, Solomon Islands' performance against the graduation criteria, ex ante assessment on the impacts of graduation, vulnerability profile, country statements to the CDP and CDP monitoring reports)

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	Structural Transformation of Least Developed Countries - Recent Developments and New Challenges. Issue of Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (UNESCAP) Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal, Vol. 31, No. 2, November 2024.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	04 December 2024
	Status of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in the Least Developed Countries 2024 (OHRLLS, UNDRR, Early Warning for All) This report has been prepared in response to a request in the Doha Programme of Action for the LDC for the Decade 2022-2031 to prepare a comprehensive study on multi-hazard early warning systems in the least developed countries (LDCs), including the existing arrangements, lessons learned and identif		26 September 2024
	Inclusive Digital Economy Scorecard (UNCDF) The Inclusive Digital Economy Scorecard (IDES) is a strategic performance and policy tool that has been developed to support countries in better understanding and monitoring the status of their digital transformation, with a view to helping them make it more inclusive.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	02 August 2023
	Strengthening regional cooperation for seamless and sustainable connectivity - ESCAP Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2023 Sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific is contingent on progress made by countries in special situations, which include least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), and small island developing States (SIDS) and comprises more than half of the countries in the r		15 May 2023
	Building the financial resilience of least developed countries - UNDP and UN-OHRLLS The fact sheet outlines the proposition to upscale the Engagement Initiative of UNDP's Insurance and Risk Finance Facility (IRFF) jointly with the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small-Island Developing Stat	Finance, debt, macroeconomics	02 March 2023
	The State of Climate Ambition: Snapshots for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) - UNDP The State of Climate Ambition: Snapshots for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) provide analysis for these groups of Climate Promise-supported countries surrounding their NDC status and implementation readiness.	Climate change and energy	17 January 2023
	Graduation from LDC Status: Trade preference and development financing implications for Asia-Pacific countries Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in the Asia-Pacific region have generally demonstrated socioeconomic progress over the past decades, despite being among the most vulnerable and structurally disadvantaged countries.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	30 September 2022
	Addressing loss and damage: practical insights for tackling multidimensional risks in LDCs and SIDS - IIED This paper presents a detailed overview of the nature of loss and damage risks affecting low-income countries, marginalised groups and people living in poverty in the global South, and how they might be addressed. Based upon a structured review of existing literature, and a series of deliberative	Climate change and energy	31 July 2022
	CDP Monitoring Reports - Solomon Islands The Solomon Islands continues to meet the GNI and HAI criteria and is making slow but steady progress on both indicators.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	28 February 2022
	Report: Multidimensional Vulnerability Index: Potential Development and Uses In December 2020, in Paragraph 8(a) of Resolution 75/215 the UN General Assembly called on the Secretary General “to provide recommendations… on the potential development and coordination of work within the UN system on a multidimensional vulnerability index for small Island developing states, inclu	LDC data, criteria, CDP triennial reviews and procedures	07 December 2021
	The road to LDC graduation in Timor-Leste The Covid-19 crisis hit Timor-Leste harder than many countries. (...) While the country remains an LDC the government should also use existing LDC-specific funds and facilities as fully as possible.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	30 June 2021
	Smooth transition for graduating LDCs under the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism 4 May 2021. Daniel Gay. It is widely accepted that least developed countries (LDCs) leaving the category need special measures to smooth the transition. The next graduates include Bangladesh, Bhutan, Lao PDR and Solomon Islands, but others will soon follow.	Trade	04 May 2021
	Opinion: How to tackle least developed countries' gender gaps in tech use and data, Deanna Ramsay for Global Views/Devex Yes, the internet now allows — some of — us to digitally crisscross the globe.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	10 March 2020
	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).	LDC graduation and smooth transition	30 September 2019
	ICTs, LDCs and the SDGs - Achieving universal and affordable Internet in the least developed countries This report shows that LDCs have also made great progress towards achieving universal access to and affordability of the Internet. Several LDCs are also on track to largely achieve SDG Target 9.c by 2020.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	31 December 2018
	Lessons Learned in Developing Productive Capacity: Fourteen Case Studies, CDP Background Paper no. 37 Developing productive capacities is key for least developed countries (LDCs), and developing countries in general, to overcome their development challenges.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	01 April 2018
	Productive Capacity and Trade in the Solomon Islands (CDP Background Paper No. 31) Economic growth, environmental sustainability and human development in the Solomon Islands have lagged much of the Pacific region since independence in 1978.	Trade	20 June 2016

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