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Beyond GDP: what Multidimensional Measures of Poverty and Well-being add to Dashboards and Composite Indices, by Sabina Alkire, Maya Evans and James Foster (CDP Background Paper No. 60)

This paper proposes using the existing Global Multidimensional Poverty Index for a global comparison for developing countries.
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Measuring export concentration for identifying least developed countries, by Matthias Bruckner (CDP Background Paper No. 59)

This short paper briefly describes the methodology of this new index and presents some empirical results. It also presents an extension that covers both export and import concentration.
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The raw reality of the growing (external) debt crisis: A call to action, by the CDP working group on external debt (CDP Background Paper No. 58)

This paper discusses the escalating external debt distress and financial constraints faced by many least developed countries (LDCs) and other developing countries.
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Impacts of LDC Graduation on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in Cambodia, Djibouti, Senegal and Zambia, by Nirmalya Syam and Shirin Syed (CDP Background Paper No. 57)

This study analyses the policy and developmental implications, for Cambodia, Djibouti, Senegal and Zambia, of losing access to the LDC-specific provisions of the TRIPS Agreement
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Implementing the SDGs: Strengthening the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs)

Implementing the SDGs: Strengthening the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs), by the CDP subgroup on VNRs (CDP Background Paper No. 56)

This paper highlights the key findings of the annual studies by the CDP of the VNR reports submitted to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) from 2017 to 2021.
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What the United Kingdom's new Developing Countries Trading Scheme means for least developed countries (LDCs), including countries in the graduation process, by Mohammad Abdur Razzaque (CDP Background Paper No. 55)

The UK has adopted a new Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) which makes it easier for graduating LDCs to accede to the intermediary ?Enhanced Preferences? scheme
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Potential impacts of LDC graduation on development cooperation in Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Senegal, and Zambia: Preliminary assessment

Potential impacts of LDC graduation on development cooperation in Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Senegal, and Zambia: Preliminary assessment, by Marcia Tavares (CDP Background Paper No. 53)

The general preliminary conclusion is that the impacts on development cooperation will be relatively small, as most development partners do not rely on whether or not a country is an LDC as a primary determinant of their assistance.
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Towards a resilience-building framework for monitoring countries graduating and graduated from the least developed country category, by Djalita Fialho and Namsuk Kim (CDP Background Paper No. 51)

This paper provides conceptual inputs on a potential bi-modal monitoring framework for the LDC category
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Voluntary National Reviews Reports: What do they (not) reveal?, by the CDP subgroup on VNRs (CDP Background Paper No. 50)

The third annual review of the VNRs by the CDP providing a systematic content analysis of the VNRs presented to the HLPF.
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Migration, Diasporas and the Sustainable Development Goals in Least Developed Countries

Migration, Diasporas and the Sustainable Development Goals in Least Developed Countries by Keith Nurse (CDP Background Paper No. 48)

CDP Background Paper No. 48
By Keith Nurse
Migration and the growth of global diasporas are key contemporary trends which impact on the pledge to ?leave no one behind? in the 2030 Agenda. The developmental potential of migration is
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