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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… Expanding productive capacity: Lessons learned from graduating Least Developed Countries
CDP Policy Review No. 6 By Teresa Lenzi This paper analyzes the advantages that LDCs have derived from the various LDC-specific international support measures due to their LDC status. It identi?fies 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… Recognition and Application of the Least Developed Country Category by UN Development System Organizations
Angola Equatorial Guinea Samoa Vanuatu 2017 Monitoring Reports
Equatorial Guinea Samoa Vanuatu 2016 Monitoring Reports
Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2016/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme
Total official support for sustainable development
Expanding productive capacity for achieving the sustainable development goals
Monitoring the development progress of countries that are graduating and have graduated from the list of least developed countries ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2016/21) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2016/15) on the Report of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade… 2016 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions
The second edition of the Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category: Inclusion, Graduation and Special Support Measures (2015) provides comprehensive information on the least developed country (LDC) category, including a description of procedures and methodologies used in the identification of these countries, and the support measures associated with it. It builds upon and updates the previous edition published in 2008. Accordingly, the LDC Handbook is intended for the use by government officials, policymakers, researchers and others interested in the particular development problems and challenges faced by the most disadvantaged developing countries. English Français
* Data from the 2015 triennial review LDC status Inclusion: 1985 Graduation: Recommended for graduation in 2020 by the General Assembly Reports and resolutions Inclusion CDP report: 1985 GA resolution: A/RES/40/233 Graduation CDP reports: 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2012 ECOSOC resolutions: E/RES/1997/223, E/RES/1998/39, E/RES/2012/32 GA resolutions: A/RES/52/210, E/RES/68/18, A/RES/70/78 Impact assessment: 2009, 2012 Vulnerability profile: 2009, 2012 Country statements: 2009 CDP Plenary statement, 2012 CDP EGM statement Country presentation: 2015 CDP EGM presentation Monitoring reports: 2014, 2015 Gross national income (GNI) per capita…