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11 May 2018

2018 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA Resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2018/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme
Leaving no one behind
Monitoring of countries that are graduating or have graduated from the list of least developed countries
Towards improved assistance for graduating least developed countries
Voluntary national reviews (VNRs) of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ECOSOC resolution (E/Res/2018/27) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español GA resolution (A/RES/73/133) on the Graduation of countries from the least developed…

11 May 2018

CDP Plenary 2018

Date:?12 - 16 March 2018
Place: UNHQ, New York, USA Documents Agenda Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2018/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Opening statements Statement by Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Statement by Marie Chatardov?, President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Papers and presentations Summary of Impact Assessments 2018 Triennial Review of the List of LDCs Monitoring Graduating and Graduated Countries Presentation on Monitoring Reports GradJet - LDC Graduation Platform Analysing Voluntary National Reviews Open session on Leaving No One Behind Summaries and…

21 March 2018

2018 Monitoring Reports

Angola Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea's letter to OHRLLS Maldives Samoa Samoa’s smooth transition strategy report Vanuatu

21 March 2018

2018 Vulnerability Profiles

Bhutan Kiribati Note by UNSD on the treatment of fishing licenses Nepal São Tomé and Príncipe Solomon Islands Timor-Leste

21 March 2018

2018 Impact Assessments

Bhutan (including Bhutan's response to the impact assessment and DESA's reply) Kiribati Nepal (including Nepal's response to the impact assessment) São Tomé and Príncipe Solomon Islands (including Solomon Islands' response to the impact assessment) Timor-Leste (including Timor-Leste's response to the impact assessment)

09 February 2018

Expert Group Meeting of the CDP Subgroup on the Preparation of the Triennial Review of the List of LDCs

The subgroup of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) met in New York City from 1 - 2 February 2018 to review the data used for the identification of least developed countries (LDCs) and to conduct country consultations with the countries identified for possible graduation from the LDC category. The findings of the subgroup will be discussed at the CDP Plenary which will take place 12-16 March 2018 in New York City. For more information on the CDP Plenary visit the 2018 CDP Plenary webpage

02 February 2018

Lessons learned in developing productive capacities: Fourteen case studies, by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) Secretariat (CDP Background Paper No. 37)

Least developed countries (LDCs) are characterized by limited productive capacities, which constrains their efforts towards structural transformation and sustainable development. At the same time, the actual policy choices countries that have graduated or have made significant progress towards graduation from the LDC category provide a wide range of lessons other LDCs and the international community can learn from. Whereas countries can be on different pathways towards graduation, a diverse set of social, macroeconomic, financial, agricultural and industrial policies can be effective. However, good development governance is the key factor for successfully expanding productive capacity. Download

08 December 2017

Expanding productive capacity: Lessons learned from graduating Least Developed Countries (CDP Policy Note 2017)

The limited progress of least developed countries (LDCs) in developing their productive capacities remains one of the main obstacles to move towards graduation from the LDC category and to achieve the sustainable development goals. While there is international agreement on the importance of building productive capacity, the question of what policy interventions are successful usually remains unanswered. This Policy Note provides some answers by analyzing the strategies and policy choices of 14 countries that have successfully graduated from the LDC category, or have made noteworthy progress towards graduation. It contains a wide range of lessons not only relevant to all LDCs but the… Download

02 October 2017

2017 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

Report of the Secretary-General on unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries (A/72/307)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Report of the Secretary-General on development cooperation in middle-income countries (A/72/329)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español 2017 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

20 July 2017

UN/DESA Policy Brief #51: Reflecting on the World Economic and Social Survey's 70 years of development policy analysis

In drawing the most relevant lessons for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the World Economic and Social Survey 2017 systematically reviews the seven decades of development discussions contained in the publication ? the oldest continuous publication of its kind. Since its inception in 1947 and before the publication of the World Bank?s first World Development Report in 1978, the Survey had been the only publication that produced annual reporting and analyses of the global economic trends and their development implications. As such, the Survey has documented a wealth of development experiences across the different phases of global economic development (see Figure 1).… UN/DESA Policy Brief #51: Reflecting on the World Economic and Social Survey's 70 years of development policy analysis