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Fifth edition of the LDC Handbook published

This new edition contains updates to LDC criteria and procedures and new information on “smooth transition” provisions for countries graduating from the LDC category and is available in English.

2024 Report of the Committee for Development Policy

Report on the outcome of the 26th session of the CDP Plenary

CDP members participated in events on financing for development and commodity dependence

On 22 April, CDP member Jose Antonio Ocampo moderated the panel on “The road to FfD 4” at the Financing for Development Forum.

CDP Plenary 2024

The 26th session was held from 4-8 March at UN Headquarters in New York

Innovation ecosystems: making intellectual property work for development, equity and structural change

CDP members addressed intellectual property aspects of innovation ecosystems and how they can support development, equity and structural change

CDP Chair at ECOSOC Coordination Segment

Statements on the CDP's work on just transition, innovation ecosystems for development, structural change and equity, and VNRs

Bhutan graduates from LDC status

Bhutan achieves a milestone: graduation from the LDC category

Briefing to ECOSOC on the ongoing work of the CDP

CDP briefing to ECOSOC members on its work on inputs to the ECOSOC theme and preparation of the 2024 triennial review of the list of LDCs

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.