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

The Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category is prepared by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) to provide comprehensive information on the least developed country (LDC) category. This third edition of the Handbook builds upon and updates the previous edition, published in 2015. It reflects refinements to the LDC criteria and the progress of several countries towards graduation from the category.
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Prospects of Least Developed Countries meeting the graduation criteria by 2030, by Namsuk Kim (CDP Policy Review No. 8)

The paper investigates the trend based on diverse scenarios, to shed light on the possible graduation cases by 2030, and implications on how much effort is needed to accelerate the development progress of LDCs
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Comparison of Indicators for Identification of Least Developed Countries and for Measuring Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals, by Namsuk Kim (CDP Policy Review No. 7)

This paper provides an overview on the interlinkage between Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) achievement and Least Developed Country (LDC) graduation
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Migration, Diasporas and the Sustainable Development Goals in Least Developed Countries

Migration, Diasporas and the Sustainable Development Goals in Least Developed Countries by Keith Nurse (CDP Background Paper No. 48)

CDP Background Paper No. 48
By Keith Nurse
Migration and the growth of global diasporas are key contemporary trends which impact on the pledge to ?leave no one behind? in the 2030 Agenda. The developmental potential of migration is
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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
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2018 Vulnerability Profiles

Bhutan Kiribati Note by UNSD on the treatment of fishing licenses Nepal São Tomé and Príncipe Solomon Islands
2018 Monitoring Reports

2018 Monitoring Reports

Angola Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea's letter to OHRLLS Maldives Samoa Samoa’s smooth transition strategy report
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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.
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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…
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Recognition and Application of the Least Developed Country Category by UN Development System Organizations, by Teresa Lenzi (CDP Policy Review Series No. 6)

This paper analyzes the advantages that LDCs have derived from the various LDC-specific international support measures due to their LDC status. It identifies the reasons why some UN development system organizations may not use the LDC category in their allocation of development assistance and support measures.The analysis focuses on support from the UNDS organizations related to ODA and general support measures. Trade related support measures fall under the purview of the World Trade Organization, and are not discussed in this paper. The analysis was undertaken in the context of a UN General Assembly mandate in response to the Mid-term Review of the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme…
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