Keyword: Smooth transition
Vanuatu’s smooth transition strategy
23 September 2020. Vanuatu is scheduled to graduate from the LDC category in December 2020. Extensive national consultations have taken place over the past...
Committee for Development Policy addresses LDC issues
The United Nations Committee for Development Policy (CDP) held its twenty-first plenary session from March 11 to 15. Among other issues, the CDP addressed...
Managing graduation from the LDC category: The case of the Maldives’ fish exports
by Matthias Bruckner*, January 2018
When the Maldives approached graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category in the 2000s, the impact of graduation on...
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...
Travel support to attend UN General Assembly meetings
The United Nations provides financial support for the participation of representatives of LDCs in annual sessions of the General Assembly (GA). The UN pays...
Cabo Verde’s consultative mechanism
Cabo Verde was the first country to graduate based on the United Nations General Assembly's recommendation for the implementation of a smooth transition Following...
