Committee for Development Policy (CDP)

Expanding productive capacity: Lessons learned from graduating Least Developed Countries
This Policy Note provides some answers by analyzing the strategies and policy choices of 14 countries that have successfully graduated from the LDC category, or have made noteworthy progress towards graduation
2017 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly
Report of the Secretary-General on unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries (A/72/307) ???? ,?
Recognition and Application of the Least Developed Country Category by UN Development System Organizations
CDP Policy Review No. 6 By Teresa Lenzi This paper analyzes the advantages that LDCs have derived from the various LDC-specific international support measures due to their LDC status. It identi?fies the reasons why some UN developme
2017 Monitoring Reports
Angola Equator
CDP Plenary 2017
Date: ?20 - 24 March 2017 Place: UNHQ, New York, USA Information and documentation for the 19th session of the CDP Plenary
2016 Monitoring Reports
Equatorial Guinea
2016 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions
Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2016/33, Supplement No. 13) ????,
Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category: Inclusion, Graduation and Special Support Measures - Second Edition
The second edition of the Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category: Inclusion, Graduation and Special Support Measures (2015) provides comprehensive information on the least developed country (LDC) category, including a description of procedures and methodologies used in the identification of these countries, and the support measures associated with it. It builds upon and updates the previous edition published in 2008. Accordingly, the LDC Handbook is intended for the use by government officials, policymakers, researchers and others interested in the particular development problems and challenges faced by the most disadvantaged developing countries.
Least Developed Country Category: Vanuatu Profile
* Data from the 2015 triennial review LDC status