Keyword: ESCAP
Asia-Pacific Regional Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action in...
30 August - 2 September 2021 . The Asia-Pacific Regional Review will undertake a comprehensive appraisal of the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action in Asia-Pacific...
ESCAP report: Strengthening the resilience of LDCs in the wake of the Coronavirus disease...
28 April 2021. ESCAP has launched its flagship Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report. This year's issue focuses on "strengthening the resilience of...
ESCAP: Special Body of LDCs, LLDCs and Pacific Island Developing States
Upcoming: 28 April 2021. In the context of UNESCAP's 77th Commission Session, this meeting will "bring forth policy messages that are specific to LDCs, of which 5...
UNESCAP’s support to graduating countries
ESCAP has been supporting the graduation of least developed countries in the Asia-Pacific region in a number of different ways. Recently:
Vanuatu graduated in...
Publications and reports on LDCs
Articles, publications and reports featured on this portal
Papers and reports on LDC graduation
LDCs and COVID-19
Committee for Development Policy (CDP):
LDC...
Preparing for graduation: meeting in Lao PDR ahead of CDP Triennial Review
11 September 2020. In February 2021, the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) will hold its triennial review of the LDC category. Lao PDR is...
Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on South-East Asia
30 July 2020. This UN policy brief, with data from the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) examines...
Papers, reports, articles on graduation
Recent papers, reports, blogs on LDC graduation by UN system entities and others (see also other content on graduation on this portal; UNCTAD vulnerability profiles; UNDESA...
Covid-19 and the LDCs – resources, monitoring, articles
Statements
Covid-19 and graduation from the LDC category – statement by the CDP, 12 May 2020
LDCs Dialogue with United Nations Deputy Secretary-General on...
ESCAP and WTO workshop on LDC graduation
5 May 2019. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO) hosted a...
UN support for smooth transition strategies of graduating LDCs
Various UN entities provide specific support to the graduation processes of LDCs, in the form of training, workshops, studies and support for the development of smooth...
