CDP Publications | Economic Analysis and Policy Division

	LDC Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category – contains comprehensive and authoritative information on criteria defining the category, graduation procedures, and international support measures for least developed countries (LDCs). Updated periodically.
	CDP Policy Notes (since 1999) – convey the views of the Committee for Development Policy on selected development policy topics and/or analysis undertaken by the Secretariat in support of the work of the Committee.
	CDP Issue Briefs (started in 2025)– insights on development policy issues by members of Committee for Development Policy or professionals associated with the work of the Committee.
	CDP Background Papers (since 2000)- present preliminary research related to the work of the Committee for Development Policy. CDP Background Papers are peer reviewed.
	Special Studies Comprehensive Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Least Developed Country Category The special issue on “Leaving no one behind” of the Journal of Globalization and Development contains a collection of papers by CDP members, examining both the underpinnings of the LNOB principle and the ways in which it can be pursued – with quite demanding implications for reforms in policies and institutions at local and global levels. (December 2018) Global Governance and Rules for the Post-2015 Era Alternative Development Strategies for the Post-2015 Era
	CDP Policy Review series (2016-2022) - a collection of research outputs prepared by members of the Committee for Development Policy and its Secretariat. The series focused on sustainable development policy issues addressed by the CDP as it formulated its inputs to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
	What is holding back the implementation of the 2030 Agenda? Insights from the CDP (2019) – In this short series, members of the Committee for Development Policy reflect on inequality and how incomes are generated, the concept of pushing people behind, participatory governance, and the inadequacy of mechanisms to channel capital and know-how to SMEs.