Keyword: Productive Capacity
Joint meeting of ECOSOC and Second Committee of the General Assembly on Building Productive...
20 October 2021.
The joint meeting of the Economic and Social Council and the Second Committee of the General Assembly discussed opportunities, challenges, key policies...
UNCTAD policy brief: enhancing productive capacities and transforming LDCs
13 September 2021. UNCTAD has published a new Policy Brief on "Enhancing productive capacities and transforming least developed country economies through institution-building: Upcoming United...
The challenge of services growth in least developed countries
Daniel Gay
In Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, a roadside stall sells drinks, fruit and mobile phone top-up cards. Half a dozen pairs of trousers...
UNCDF’s BRIDGE Facility: Dedicated Finance for the LDCs
29 July 2021. Among solutions being discussed in the preparations for LDC5 is "the establishment of a dedicated and sufficiently large blended finance de-risking...
The need directly to target sustainable productive capacity in least developed countries
30 July 2021. By Daniel Gay.
Covid-19 uncovered an uncomfortable truth. International support for least developed countries (LDCs), though welcome and contributing to some success,...
Productive Capacities for the New Decade, side-event at LDC5 Prepcom
Why is productive capacity central to the sustainable development of least developed countries (LDCs)? How can LDCs, with support from development partners, expand their...
Productive capacity as resilience in the LDCs, by Daniel Gay
20 May 2021. Least developed countries (LDCs) were hit harder than most by a succession of crises in recent years – from the Asian crisis...
UNCTAD’s Least Developed Countries Report 2020: Productive capacities for the new decade
The 2020 edition of UNCTAD's annual Least Developed Countries report, launched on 3 December, focuses on "Productive capacities for the new decade". From the UNCTAD website:
"The least...
UN ECA: Review of Progress of African LDCs
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has released its 2020 Review of progress made on the Programme of Action for the LDCs...
Prioritising the Poor: LDCs and Trade in Covid-19-Related Medical Supplies (The Commonwealth)
3 August 2020. New report by the Commonwealth Secretariat - "Prioritising the Poor: LDCs and Trade in COVID-19-Related Medical Supplies", Trade Hot Topics, issue...
Piloting Corporate Sustainability Reporting in Least Developed Countries: Impacts, Experiences, and Lessons Learnt: A...
3 August 2020. Sustainability reporting practice is scarce in most LDCs. UN-OHRLLS commissioned the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to support two companies in LDCs...
A framework for LDC-V focusing on productive capacities
The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) recommends that the Fifth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC-V) adopts the theme “Expanding productive capacity...
