Keyword: Productive Capacity
UNIDO LDC Ministerial Conference, November 2
The eighth UNIDO Ministerial Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) took place on 2 November 2019 in Abu Dhabi, preceding the UNIDO General...
Progress of African LDCs in IPoA priority areas
27 March 2019. At the 52nd Session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (March 20-26, 2019), the Committee of Experts assessed...
Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF): Trade-Related Assistance to LDCs
EIF is the only multilateral partnership dedicated exclusively to assisting LDCs in their use of trade as an engine for growth, sustainable development, and...
Technology Bank for LDCs
The Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020 (Istanbul Programme of Action or IPOA) called for the establishment of...
New strategic plan for the EIF, 2019-2022
The Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), which is dedicated to addressing the trade capacity needs of LDCs, has a new strategic plan for the period...
International support for the least developed countries: A different way?
Daniel Gay, Inter-Regional Adviser on LDCs
Committee for Development Policy Secretariat
Part I of this series questioned the theoretical background behind the existing international support measures...
Rethinking support measures for the least developed countries
Daniel Gay, Inter-Regional Adviser on LDCs
Committee for Development Policy Secretariat
Part I, below, discusses critically the theoretical background behind the existing international support measures for...
Productive capacity in LDCs
The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) has published a policy note on Expanding Productive Capacity: Lessons Learned from Graduating Least Developed Countries. The Policy Note analyzes the strategies...
Progress in LDCs hinges on access to modern energy
A recent study by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), “The Least Developed Countries Report 2017: Transformational Energy Access”, reports that expanding...
Globalization and trade-related measures for LDCs
October, 2017. The SDGs not only reiterate the promotion of a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the WTO (SDG...
Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER Plus)
The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER Plus) launched in Tonga on 14 June 2017. The trade agreement, covering goods, services, investment, labour,...
In the Media: Building productive capacity in Bhutan for LDC graduation
e-Keunsel, 18 February 2017
http://www.kuenselonline.com/building-productive-capacity-in-bhutan-for-ldc-graduation/
A project in Bhutan conducted by UN DESA revealed some interesting findings on how to improve productive capacity. Productive capacity is...
