CDP Secretariat attends capacity-development workshop

The Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) contributed two sessions to the capacity-development workshop ‘Achieving structural economic progress toward and beyond graduation from Least Developed Country status in the Pacific,’ held in conjunction with UNCTAD in Port Vila, Vanuatu, from 20 to 21 June 2018. The first session was on the ‘Gradjet’ website aimed at helping Least Developed Countries (LDCs) understand the process of leaving the LDC category. The second was on conceptualizing and implementing new support measures for highly vulnerable LDCs.


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