Committee for Development Policy (CDP)

Background papers
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.
2023 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly
Development cooperation with middle-income countries (A/78/224)
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is now scheduled to graduate on 13 December 2027
Background papers
This paper discusses the escalating external debt distress and financial constraints faced by many least developed countries (LDCs) and other developing countries.
CDP Chair presented the central messages of the CDP's report to the High-Level Segment of ECOSOC
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How can the VNRs be strengthened in content and process to better support an accelerated SDG implementation?
Background papers
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
Background papers
This paper highlights the key findings of the annual studies by the CDP of the VNR reports submitted to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) from 2017 to 2021.
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2023 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions