The Committee for Development Policy recommended Tuvalu's graduation in 2012. ECOSOC has deferred its consideration of the recommendation to a later date.

Next step: for Tuvalu to graduate, ECOSOC must endorse the CDP's recommendation.

More information on the process here.
More information on suggested action to prepare for graduation here.
Tuvalu LDC fact sheet (CDP website) (includes CDP reports, ECOSOC and General Assembly resolutions, Tuvalu's performance against the graduation criteria, ex ante assessments on the impacts of graduation, vulnerability profiles, country statements to the CDP)

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	Why the least developed countries of the Commonwealth are doing better at trade, Brendan Vickers, Salamat Ali and Neil Balchin for OECD Development Matters In 2020, the share of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in world trade remained at just 1%. Although the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) for LDCs and SDG target 17.11 both sought to double LDCs’ share of global exports by 2020, the world’s 47 LDCs missed the target.	Trade	16 февраля 2022
	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 сентября 2019

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