CDP Policy Review series | Economic Analysis and Policy Division

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Economic Analysis

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Promise of a Transformative Agenda

This article connects the work that underpinned the Agenda?s emergence with the continuing challenges of its implementation as a process of norm making and norm evolution

The need to extend the WTO TRIPS pharmaceuticals transition period for LDCs in the COVID-19 era: Evidence from Bangladesh

This policy brief synthesizes recent research, showing that Bangladesh?s vital pharmaceutical industry would be threatened if the country had to adhere fully to WTO rules upon graduation from LDC status.

Recognition and Application of the Least Developed Country Category by UN Development System Organizations

CDP Policy Review No. 6 By Teresa Lenzi This paper analyzes the advantages that LDCs have derived from the various LDC-specific international support measures due to their LDC status. It identi?fies the reasons why some UN developme

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