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2021 Monitoring Reports

2021 Monitoring Reports

Angola Letter from the Government of Angola to the Chair of the CDP, 29 December 2020 Bhutan Report on the preparation of Bhutan's Smooth Transition Strategy from the Least Developed Countries category Equatorial Guinea Samoa São Tomé and Príncipe Solomon Islands Vanuatu
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The need to extend the WTO TRIPS pharmaceuticals transition period for LDCs in the COVID-19 era: Evidence from Bangladesh, by Daniel Gay and Kevin Gallagher (CDP Policy Review No. 10)

Bangladesh is one of the most successful least developed countries (LDCs). The country has made such strides that in 2021 the United Nations Committee for Development Policy will consider whether it should graduate out of the LDC category altogether. Like few others, Bangladesh took advantage of WTO flexibilities to build a vibrant pharmaceuticals industry that not only provides needed industrialization and employment but also gives access to essential medicines to millions of Bangladeshis as well as people in other developing countries and LDCs. LDC graduation would bring a loss of WTO exceptions, particularly in the intellectual property arena. This policy brief synthesizes recent… Download
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2020 Monitoring Reports

Angola Bhutan Equatorial Guinea São Tomé and Príncipe Solomon Islands Vanuatu

2020 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA Resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2020/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme
Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development
The voluntary national reviews of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The comprehensive review of the LDC criteria
Monitoring of countries that are graduating and have graduated from the list of least developed countries
Improved assistance for graduating and graduated least developed countries
Framework for the Programme of Action for least developed…
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Frontier Technology Quarterly: Frontier technologies for addressing plastic pollution

The severity of plastic pollution is now well-recognized, and countries and communities are looking for innovative solutions for addressing this menace of the modern age. This issue of the Frontier Technology Quarterly shows that new technologies such as nanotechnology, genetic modification and advanced chemical processes can help curb plastic pollution by developing natural substitutes and producing more biodegradable plastics. However, appropriate policies are needed to maximize the potential of new technologies for winning the fight against plastic pollution. Interventions at the production stage will have to be complemented by interventions at other stages of the plastics life cycle,… Frontier Technology Quarterly: Frontier technologies for addressing plastic pollution
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Improved assistance measures for graduated and graduating least developed countries for the achievement of agenda 2030, by Ana L. Cortez (CDP Policy Review No. 9)

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… Download
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No. 1 - Inequality and how incomes are generated

In the short series, "What is holding back the implementation of the 2030 Agenda? Insights from the CDP", ahead of the SDG Summit in September 2019, members of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) reflected on the factors that were holding back the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and what could be done about them.  In this piece, Rolph van der Hoeven discusses inequality and how incomes are generated.  No. 1 - Inequality and how incomes are generated   Download

2019 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA Resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2019/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme
Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality
Voluntary national reviews of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Update on the progress of the multi-year programme on a comprehensive review of the least developed country criteria
Monitoring the development progress of graduating and graduated countries
Review of the recognition and use of the least developed country category by United Nations development system entities
Improved assistance for graduating and…
2019 Monitoring Reports

2019 Monitoring Reports

Angola Equatorial Guinea Vanuatu
CDP Plenary 2019

CDP Plenary 2019

Date: 11 - 15 March 2019 Place: UNHQ, New York, USA Documents Agenda Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2019/33, Supplement No. 13) عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Opening statements Statement by Inga Rhonda King, President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Statement by Maria Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs Papers ECOSOC theme, 2019: ?Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality? Monitoring of graduated and graduating countries from the LDC category Open session: Future of development policy in a changing multilateral context - Can multilateralism survive?…