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11 January 2016

World Economic Situation and Prospects Monthly Briefing No. 86

Limited global financial market reaction to Fed's interest rate move
IMF includes Chinese renminbi in the SDR basket
Monetary tightening in Western Asia and Latin America in response to Fed's first rate hike in seven years

World Economic Situation and Prospects Monthly Briefing No. 86

01 January 2016

Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category: Inclusion, Graduation and Special Support Measures - Second Edition

The second edition of the Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category: Inclusion, Graduation and Special Support Measures (2015) provides comprehensive information on the least developed country (LDC) category, including a description of procedures and methodologies used in the identification of these countries, and the support measures associated with it. It builds upon and updates the previous edition published in 2008. Accordingly, the LDC Handbook is intended for the use by government officials, policymakers, researchers and others interested in the particular development problems and challenges faced by the most disadvantaged developing countries.

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25 December 2015

Least Developed Country Category: Vanuatu Profile

* Data from the 2015 triennial review
LDC status

24 December 2015

Persons with albinism (under agenda item 28) - 2015 Resolution

17 December 2015

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto (under agenda item 72 (a)) - 2015 Resolution

14 December 2015

World Economic Situation and Prospects Monthly Briefing No. 85

According to chapter one of the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016, only a modest improvement in the world economy is projected for the next two years
Recessions in the Russian Federation and Ukraine may have reached a turning point
Unemployment on the rise in a number of South American economies

World Economic Situation and Prospects Monthly Briefing No. 85

29 November 2015

2015 Vulnerability Profiles

Angola

2015 Vulnerability Profiles

29 November 2015

2015 Impact Assessments

Angola (including Angola's response to the impact assessment)

2015 Impact Assessments

19 November 2015

2015 Country Snapshots 1

The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) launched today the second edition of the Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category: Inclusion, Graduation and Special Support Measures at a briefing in New York. The Handbook contains a detailed description of the procedures and methodologies used by the CDP in the identification of least developed countries (LDCs), as well as an overview of the international support measures associated with the LDC category. As a supplement to the Handbook, the LDC 2015 Country Snapshots was also presented at the briefing. The Country Snapshots is a compilation of one-page profiles for each of the 48 countries classified as LDCs in 2015 and illustrates the…

2015 Country Snapshots 1

19 November 2015