* 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…
According to chapter one of the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016, only a modest improvement in the world economy is projected for the next two years
Recessions in the Russian Federation and Ukraine may have reached a turning point
Unemployment on the rise in a number of South American economies
Global issues
The world economy stumbled in 2015, amid weak aggregate demand, falling commodity prices and financial market volatility
According to chapter one of the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016, launched on 10 December 2015, the world gross product is projected to grow by a mere 2.4 per cent in 2015. This represents a significant downward revision from the 2.8 per cent…
World Economic Situation and Prospects Monthly Briefing No. 85
Angola (including Angola?s response to the impact assessment)
Kiribati (including Kiribati?s response to the impact assessment and DESA?s reply)
2015 Impact Assessments
The 2015 Country Snapshots compiles the key statistical data used by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) at the 2015 triennial review of the least developed country category.
Least developed countries (LDCs) are defined as low-income countries suffering from structural impediments to sustainable development. To identify LDCs, the CDP uses three criteria: gross national income (GNI) per capita; human assets index (HAI) and economic vulnerability index (EVI). HAI and EVI are indices composed of four and eight indicators, respectively. The three criteria together with these indicators are presented in one-page profiles for each of the 48 countries classified as LDCs in 2015, thus…
2015 Country Snapshots 3
The 2015 Country Snapshots compiles the key statistical data used by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) at the 2015 triennial review of the least developed country category.
Least developed countries (LDCs) are defined as low-income countries suffering from structural impediments to sustainable development. To identify LDCs, the CDP uses three criteria: gross national income (GNI) per capita; human assets index (HAI) and economic vulnerability index (EVI). HAI and EVI are indices composed of four and eight indicators, respectively. The three criteria together with these indicators are presented in one-page profiles for each of the 48 countries classified as LDCs in 2015, thus…
2015 Country Snapshots 2
The 2015 Country Snapshots compiles the key statistical data used by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) at the 2015 triennial review of the least developed country category.
Least developed countries (LDCs) are defined as low-income countries suffering from structural impediments to sustainable development. To identify LDCs, the CDP uses three criteria: gross national income (GNI) per capita; human assets index (HAI) and economic vulnerability index (EVI). HAI and EVI are indices composed of four and eight indicators, respectively. The three criteria together with these indicators are presented in one-page profiles for each of the 48 countries classified as LDCs in 2015, thus…
2015 Country Snapshots 1
CDP Background Paper No. 29
By Rob Vos
There are significant threats to sustainable food security and nutrition in the long-run, including demographic and environmental pressures and changing business practices in agriculture with the emergence of global values chains. The global nature and public good aspects of the challenges require coordinated responses and urgent improvement of the global governance of food security. This paper argues for the strengthening of the Committee on World Food Security to ensure greater coherence in the global approach to food security and the multilateral trade, financial and environmental regimes.
Thought for Food: Strengthening Global Governance of Food Security
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