Keyword: Smooth transition
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 strategy of graduating LDCs
LDCs derive special support measures both from the donor community, including bilateral donors and multilateral organizations, as well as from the special treatment accorded...
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...
Smoothing the Transition
On 7 December 2012, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution on smooth transition for countries graduating from the list of...
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...
