Least Developed Countries Category

Reports for Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nepal, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands

Potential impacts of LDC graduation: Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Senegal and Zambia

The Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category contains comprehensive and authoritative information on criteria defining the category, graduation procedures, and international support measure

Reports for Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Equatorial Guinea, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nepal, Sao Time and Principe, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

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.

Solomon Islands is now scheduled to graduate on 13 December 2027

This study analyses the policy and developmental implications, for Cambodia, Djibouti, Senegal and Zambia, of losing access to the LDC-specific provisions of the TRIPS Agreement

2023 Monitoring Reports for Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Lao PDR, Nepal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

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.