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Why is productive capacity essential for least developed countries (LDCs)?

Secretary of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) participated in the Workshop for the WTO LDC Subgroup on LDC graduation, which addressed potential trade-related impacts of the future graduation of Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Senegal and Zambia, countries that have recently started on the path towards graduation. 

The World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2022, set to be released on 18 May 2022, will delve into the multitude of local, regional, and global economic consequences of the curr

On 1 and 2 February Prof. Fukuda-Parr shared the perspectives of the CDPs work on Just transition and the CDPs view on what is holding us back from progress on the 2030 Agenda.

On 28 June 2011 the Secretary of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) participated as panelist of the International Dialogue on Beyond Istanbul: Challenges after the UN LDC IV and Trade Prefe

"Do not place the burden of fiscal austerity on the backs of the poor," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the international community, as he launched the MDG Gap Task Force Report 2012 in New Yor

On 15-18 January 2013 in Quito, DPAD and UNDP-Ecuador provided practical training for government experts in the use of modelling tools needed for development policy analysis and methods for assessi

DESA/DPAD, in collaboration with the Project LINK Research Center of the University of Toronto, held its annualExpert Group Meeting on the World Economy (Project LINK conference)from October 21 to