CDP News and events

Measuring export concentration for identifying least developed countries
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.
2023 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly
Development cooperation with middle-income countries (A/78/224)
Potential impacts of LDC graduation: Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Senegal and Zambia
This Policy Note focuses on the likely impacts, in the short and medium run, of the withdrawal of international support measures, taking into account the nature of these measures and how the identified countries have used them so far. It is available in English and French.
CDP Plenary 2023
The 25th Session of the CDP Plenary was held from 20-24 February 2023 at UN Headquarters in New York.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Promise of a Transformative Agenda
This article connects the work that underpinned the Agenda?s emergence with the continuing challenges of its implementation as a process of norm making and norm evolution
2022 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly
Towards a New International Economic Order (A/77/214)
CDP Plenary 2022
The 24th Session of the CDP Plenary was held from 21-25 February 2022 in virtual format.
2021 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly
Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries (A/76/310)
The need to extend the WTO TRIPS pharmaceuticals transition period for LDCs in the COVID-19 era: Evidence from Bangladesh
This policy brief synthesizes recent research, showing that Bangladesh?s vital pharmaceutical industry would be threatened if the country had to adhere fully to WTO rules upon graduation from LDC status.