In the second CDP Issue Brief, Sabina Alkire discusses the potential of data for poverty eradication and the opportunities for WSSD2 to act on that potential.
Global trade has undergone an extraordinary transformation over the past five decades. However, a succession of shocks has profoundly altered global trade dynamics, exposed vulnerabilities in supply chains, shifted policy priorities, and fuelled geopolitical frictions.
Potential impacts of LDC graduation: Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Senegal and Zambia
Impacts of LDC Graduation on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in Cambodia, Djibouti, Senegal and Zambia
Updated impact assessment for Solomon Islands
The Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category contains comprehensive and authoritative information on criteria defining the category, graduation procedures, and international support measures for LDCs. This revised edition reflects recent developments in the LDC category, including refinements to the LDC criteria and the progress of several countries towards graduation from the category.
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.