SDG #9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure | Economic Analysis and Policy Division

Measuring export concentration for identifying least developed countries, by Matthias Bruckner (CDP Background Paper No. 59)

This short paper briefly describes the methodology of this new index and presents some empirical results. It also presents an extension that covers both export and import concentration.

What the United Kingdom's new Developing Countries Trading Scheme means for least developed countries (LDCs), including countries in the graduation process, by Mohammad Abdur Razzaque (CDP Background Paper No. 55)

The UK has adopted a new Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) which makes it easier for graduating LDCs to accede to the intermediary ?Enhanced Preferences? scheme

Potential impacts of LDC graduation on development cooperation in Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Senegal, and Zambia: Preliminary assessment, by Marcia Tavares (CDP Background Paper No. 53)

The general preliminary conclusion is that the impacts on development cooperation will be relatively small, as most development partners do not rely on whether or not a country is an LDC as a primary determinant of their assistance.

United Nations headquarters seen from the river

What did the 2020 Voluntary National Review (VNR) reports still not tell us?, by the CDP subgroup on VNRs (CDP Background Paper No. 52)

The fourth annual review of the VNRs by the CDP providing a systematic content analysis of the VNRs presented to the 2021 HLPF.

Subscribe to SDG #9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure