CDP Secretariat made a presentation on the impact of graduation from the least developed country category

On 12 June the Belt and Road project team met with the UNDP Regional Bureaus of Asia and Pacific and of Europe and Central Asia to present the project managed by DESA/EAPD and discuss potential opportunities for cooperation at the county and regional level. The project and the opportunity for cooperation was well received by UNDP. As next steps, follow-up discussions will take place at the country level in preparation of the upcoming project team missions in the selected countries.

The CDP’s deliberations on LDC-related issues were presented to Council members

Possible lessons learnt from building productive capacity in countries that are about to graduate or have recently graduated from the LDC category

The ePing toolkit developed initially by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) Secretariat has been credited by least devloped countries (LDCs) and development partners as filling a void, in particular for countries lacking the institutional infrastructure to access key information from trading partners regarding new trade product requirements. Since its official launch in November 2016, the system has had over 3,500 registered users in about 130 countries, and a number of bilateral donors are already using the system in their capacity-building activities in LDCs.

The report addresses the five themes discussed during the plenary

CDP Secretariat briefed delegates on the outcome of the triennial review

Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), participated in the ECOSOC Integration Segment on May 1. Professor Fukuda-Parr stressed the need to address contradictions in the current systems in which technological development occurs, and the need for enhanced support for least developed countries, including those approaching graduation, to overcome their vulnerabilities.

At the invitation of Prof. Jin Sato of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Marcelo LaFleur, Economic Affairs Officer in the Development Strategy and Policy (DSP) Unit, gave a lecture to students on how the United Nations system is delivering on the 2030 Agenda.

The Committee for Development Policy announced its decision to recommend four countries for graduation. Which are they?