From 13 to 14 June the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) attended the Global Forum on Inclusive Trade for least developed countries (LDCs) at the World Trade Organisation Secretariat in Geneva, making a presentation on the impact of graduation from the least developed country category and on the Gradjet online tool, which builds the capacity of LDCs to navigate the graduation process.
Tariff shocks and graduationfrom the least developed country category
Background
The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) category was created by the United Nations in 1971 to focus attention on a subset of developing countries that faced greater…