LDC graduation has become an increasingly important issue in the international development agenda. Meeting graduation eligibility is a major goal of the Istanbul Plan of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the decade 2011-2020 (IPoA). But as countries? concerns about graduation persist, the potential for additional tension has widened, particularly now that an increasing number of LDCs approach graduation.
Countries? reservations are centred on the potential negative impact that the withdrawal of LDC-specific measures can cause to their development and to the achievement of sustainable development goals as LDC-specific support is withdrawn. Another concern manifested by the LDCs…
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