The CDP Secretariat participated in the Aid for Trade Global Review 2017: ?Promoting Trade, Inclusiveness and Connectivity for Sustainable Development? (organised at the WTO in Geneva, from 11 to 13 July) and presented the ePing export alert notification system during a side-event on 12 July. The event was jointly organised by the CDP, WTO, ITC and Australia and was attended by around 150 participants.
This side-event provided an overview this new system and what feedback it has received at national and regional levels, but also identified challenges and opportunities for scaling-up this innovative tool to promote connectivity between SMEs and their export markets.
For the duration of the…
ePing: Helping SMEs Keep Track of Product Requirements in their Export Markets
Modest improvement in the growth outlook for emerging economies but risks remain
Diplomatic rift poses economic challenges for Qatar
Fragile and uneven economic recovery in Africa and South America
Global issues
Modest improvement in the growth outlook for emerging economies but risks remain
The global economy has continued to strengthen on a gradual path. In Europe and the United States of America, the near-term growth outlook remains favourable, supported by a moderate recovery in investment and better labour market conditions. At the same time, economic activity in several large emerging economies has strengthened, amid a rebound in international trade and relatively higher global…
World Economic Situation And Prospects: July 2017 Briefing, No. 104
Professor Keith Nurse, Rapporteur of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's Report on it's 19th Session to the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) held on 6 July 2017. The CDP's deliberations on LDC-related issues, including monitoring the development progress of graduating and graduated countries, the outline of a multi-year programme on a comprehensive review of the LDC criteria, a review of the recognition and use of the LDC category by United Nations development system entities, and the LDC graduation platform were presented to Council members. The Committee's considerations and recommendations on the issue of total official support for…
Presentation of the 2017 CDP Report to ECOSOC
OHRLLS is convening a consultative meting of LDCs and Friends of LDCs on the implementation of the SDGs and Istanbul Programme of Action for the LDCs. Increasingly urgent and complex challenges that are driving the development needs and vulnerabilities of LDCs call for accelerated action by all stakeholders to ensure that the global community puts the LDCs at the heart of the common development agenda.The Consultative Meeting takes place one year after the Midterm Review of the Istanbul Programme of Action and at a critical juncture of various key processes taking place at the UN, including the upcoming High-Level Political Forum as well as the on-going UN reform. The main objective of the…
Meeting of LDCs and Friends of LDCs on the Implementation of the SDGs in LDCs
Global growth projected to strengthen to 2.7 per cent in 2017 and 2.9 per cent in 2018
High food price inflation in several countries raises concerns over worsening food insecurity
Brazil returns to positive growth in the first quarter
Global issues
Global growth strengthens, but prospects for some of the world?s poorest regions have deteriorated
Global economic growth has strengthened since January, supported by a moderate recovery in trade and investment. According to the World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2017 report (WESP mid-2017), world gross product is expected to expand by 2.7 per cent in 2017 and 2.9 per cent in 2018. Underpinning the recovery is firmer growth in…
World Economic Situation And Prospects: June 2017 Briefing, No. 103
The list of least developed countries (LDCs) is getting smaller. On 4 June 2017 Equatorial Guinea graduated from the LDC category, 3 ? years after the United Nations General Assembly decided on the graduation date and 8 years after the CDP recommended the country for graduation. Of the 47 LDCs remaining on the list, Vanuatu and Angola will graduate next, in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
To graduate from the LDC category the country has to meet two of the three graduation thresholds of the LDC criteria: gross national income (GNI) per capita, human assets index (HAI) and economic vulnerability index (EVI). Alternatively, graduation can also be recommended if the LDC meets twice the graduation…
Equatorial Guinea graduates from the LDC category
Pingfan Hong, the Director of DPAD, was invited by the Chinese Government to attend the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF), 14-15 May 2017, Beijing, China. The Belt and Road Forum is closely related to the work of DPAD in three specific tasks as follows: (1)A research to study the linkages from the five priority areas for international development cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the seven Action Areas of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and the policy implications of the Belt and Road for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; (2) An ongoing capacity development project funded by the…
Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation
Pingfan Hong, the Director of DPAD, was invited by the Chinese Government to attend the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF), 14-15 May 2017, Beijing, China. The Belt and Road Forum is closely related to the work of DPAD in three specific tasks as follows: (1)A research to study the linkages from the five priority areas for international development cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the seven Action Areas of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and the policy implications of the Belt and Road for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; (2) An ongoing capacity development project funded by the…
Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation
Preparing for graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category is a daunting task for the majority of LDCs. The countries face challenges in fully understanding the benefits from LDC-specific support they receive and what implication a possible graduation will have. Demand for information and support for a smooth transition from the LDC category continues to be high.
To assist LDCs prepare for a smooth graduation from the LDC category the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) and the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) have formed a partnership. This joint side event held on 23 My 2017 brought together LDCs and development partners and presented some supporting tools currently…
Assisting the LDCs in preparing for graduation
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