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2025 Monitoring Reports

Bangladesh Bangladesh Annual Country Report 2024 Bhutan Annual Report on Bhutan’s Smooth Transition Strategy (13th Five Year Plan) for Sustainable Graduation Cambodia Lao People's Democratic Republic Nepal Saõ Tomé and Príncipe Evaluation Report of the Graduation Process of São Tomé and Príncipe from the List of LDCs Senegal Rapport sur la Preparation de la Strategie de Sortie du Senegal de la Categorie des PMA Solomon Islands
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2024 Impact Assessments

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 Note on updated impact assessment for Tuvalu

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

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. Moreover, it contains updated information on international support measures, including on “smooth transition” provisions for countries graduating from the LDC category The Handbook, prepared by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), is…
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2024 Monitoring Reports

Angola Letter from the Chair of the CDP to Angola, 10 July 2023 Bangladesh Bangladesh Annual Country Report 2023 Bhutan Annual Report on the Preparation of Bhutan’s Smooth Transition Strategy (13th Plan) for Graduation from the Least Developed Countries Category Equatorial Guinea Lao People's Democratic Republic The Annual Report to the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) on the Preparation of the Smooth Transition Strategy Nepal Report on the Preparation of the LDC Graduation Transition Strategy of Nepal Saõ Tomé and Príncipe Progress Report on the Process of São Tomé and Príncipe's Graduation from the List of LDCs Solomon Islands Vanuatu
2023 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA Resolutions

2023 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA Resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2023/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme
Just transition
External debt
Analysis of the voluntary national reviews
Review of the least developed country criteria
Review of the recognition and use of the least developed country category by United Nations development system entities
Monitoring of countries that are graduating or have graduated from the list of least developed countries ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2023/10) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español ECOSOC resolution (E…

2023 Monitoring Reports

Angola Bangladesh Bhutan Lao People's Democratic Republic Nepal São Tomé and Príncipe Solomon Islands Solomon Islands - CDP crisis assessment Vanuatu
2022 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA Resolutions

2022 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA Resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2022/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Corrigendum (E/2022/33/Corr.1) to the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
To reflect the correct graduation date for Bhutan
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme
Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Review by the Economic and Social Council of subsidiary bodies
Voluntary national reviews (VNRs)
Monitoring of countries that are graduating or have graduated from the list of…
2022 Monitoring Reports

2022 Monitoring Reports

Angola Bangladesh Bhutan Lao People's Democratic Republic Nepal São Tomé and Príncipe Solomon Islands Vanuatu
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Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category: Inclusion, Graduation and Special Support Measures - Fourth Edition

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 new edition contains updates to LDC criteria and procedures as well as new information particularly on ?smooth transition? provisions for countries graduating from the LDC category. The handbook, prepared by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), is intended for government officials, policymakers, researchers and other stakeholders interested in the LDC category.
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Towards a resilience-building framework for monitoring countries graduating and graduated from the Least Developed Country category

Towards a resilience-building framework for monitoring countries graduating and graduated from the Least Developed Country category

CDP Background Paper No. 51 By Djalita Fialho and Namsuk Kim This paper provides conceptual inputs on a potential bi-modal monitoring framework for the Least Developed Country (LDC) category. The focus is on discussing its general aspects, in order to help build, among key stakeholders, a common understanding of the general direction such an initiative might take. It intends to help move discourse (and practices) from (reactive) ?crisis management? to (proactive) ?resilience management?, representing a change in perspective likely to help move the process of LDC monitoring forward in a meaningful manner, qualifying the contribution that the CDP might provide in this regard. With an improved… Towards a resilience-building framework for monitoring countries graduating and graduated from the Least Developed Country category