CDP News and events | Economic Analysis and Policy Division

Towards UN LDC5: Recovery from COVID-19

Towards LDC-5: Options for improving the mobilisation of global finance, its alignment with, and its impact on the recovery and sustainable development of LDCs.

Preparing for graduation: meeting in Lao PDR ahead of CDP Triennial Review

Virtual LDC Graduation briefing for Lao PDR in preparation of the upcoming triennial review and in support of the preparation of a smooth transition strategy

The need to extend the WTO TRIPS pharmaceuticals transition period for LDCs in the COVID-19 era: Evidence from Bangladesh, by Daniel Gay and Kevin Gallagher (CDP Policy Review No. 10)

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.

CDP at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2020

CDP members participated at various sessions and panels of the 2020 HLPF

National Reports on the 2030 Agenda: What do they (not) reveal?

HLPF 2020 side event to launch the CDP background paper on the analysis of the 2019 VNR Reports

Presentation of CDP Report at ECOSOC High-level Segment

Presentation of the CDP report to the High-level Segment of ECOSOC

Voluntary National Reviews Reports: What do they (not) reveal?, by the CDP subgroup on VNRs (CDP Background Paper No. 50)

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

VNR Lab: Analyzing VNRs - What did we learn so far? (2020)

Part of the HLPF VNR Lab series, this lab reflected on what we have learnt so far about analyzing the VNRs.

CDP Chair participates at ECOSOC's Integration Segment

Prof. Ocampo participates in the ECOSOC panel on “Leaving no one behind in the context of COVID-19 and the decade of action and delivery"