Bhutan achieves a milestone: graduation from the LDC category

On 22 April, CDP member Jose Antonio Ocampo moderated the panel on “The road to FfD 4” at the Financing for Development Forum. 
The recording for this session (as well as the opening statements, keynote address and presentation of the Financing for Development Report) is available on UN Web TV. 
More information on the Forum can be found here.

This new edition contains updates to LDC criteria and procedures and new information on “smooth transition” provisions for countries graduating from the LDC category and is available in English.

Presentation of the CDP report to ECOSOC's 2024 Management Segment and adoption of the ECOSOC resolution on the report.

Presentation of the central messages of the CDP's report to the High-Level Segment of ECOSOC

The multi-stakeholder hearing offered Member States, civil society, academia, private sector, and philanthropy organizations to actively engage in discussions towards an ambitious FfD4 outcome.

The Commission aims to provide a pluralistic view of financing for development issues, representing diverse perspectives, experiences, and sensitivities.

Watch CDP members presenting different perspectives on “Addressing the root causes of dysfunctions in the international financial architecture”

Sao Tome and Principe achieves milestone: graduation from the LDC category.

UN GA adopts resolution to graduate these two countries from the LDC category on 19 December 2029, granting them an extended five-year preparatory period.