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S?o Tomé and Príncipe graduation status
S?o Tomé and Príncipe graduated on 13 December 2024 (see the General Assembly resolution ).
- (includes CDP reports, ECOSOC and General Assembly resolutions, S?o Tomé and Príncipe's performance against the graduation criteria, ex ante assessment of the impacts of graduation, vulnerability profile, country statement to the CDP and CDP monitoring reports).
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Documents on S?o Tomé and Príncipe
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This report has been prepared in response to a request in the Doha Programme of Action for the LDC for the Decade 2022-2031 to prepare a comprehensive study on multi-hazard early warning systems in the least developed countries (LDCs), including the existing arrangements, lessons learned and identif |
26 September 2024 | |
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Climate change and energy | 02 September 2024 | |
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Key messages: "While many least developed countries (LDCs) are still experiencing persistently high fertility and rapid population growth, they have also begun to experience progressive population ageing. |
Poverty, health, education, food security, employment, social security | 14 August 2024 |
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"This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges posed by non-tariff measures (NTMs) on Nepal's trade, particularly in light of its upcoming graduation from the least developed country (LDC) status in 2026. |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 31 July 2024 |
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Report on UNCDF activities, results and future strategy. |
Finance, debt, macroeconomics | 30 July 2024 |
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"This paper aims to assess Cambodia's national development plans in relation to the priorities and action areas of the Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2022-2031 (DPoA), which was adopted in March 2022 as a revitalized and strengthened agreement bet |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 30 June 2024 |
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Despite representing 9.5 per cent of the global population, African least developed countries (LDCs) only contribute 0.4 per cent to global manufacturing value added (MVA). |
Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation | 31 May 2024 |
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IISD expert Facundo Calvo analyzes what came out of the WTO's agriculture negotiations at the 13th Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi and its implications for least developed countries and other vulnerable economies. |
Trade | 23 May 2024 |
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The Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category (5th edition, 2024) contains comprehensive and authoritative information on criteria defining the category, graduation procedures, and international support measures for LDCs. |
15 May 2024 | |
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Contains official LDC inclusion and graduation criteria and supplementary graduation indicators. |
08 May 2024 | |
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Report on the 26th session of the Committee for Development Policy (4-8 March 2024) The present report contains the main findings and recommendations of the Committee for Development Policy at its twenty-sixth session. |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 08 May 2024 |
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The present report provides information on the implementation of the Doha Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries for the decade 2022–2031 during its second year and is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 78/233 and Economic and Social Council resolution 2023/29. |
LDC Progress reports/Flagship reports | 30 April 2024 |
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UNCTAD: "Bhutan and its 800,000 people now have an extra reason to be happy – after graduating from the UN list of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) into full developing country status. |
04 April 2024 | |
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In the evolving landscape of automation and digitalization, the traditional path of labour-intensive industrialization is becoming less viable for countries in special situations in Asia and the Pacific. |
LDC Progress reports/Flagship reports | 01 April 2024 |
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"MC13 did not deliver much in the way of these matters – no agreement was reached on agriculture, fisheries phase two negotiations, or dispute settlement (where they agreed to continue work on negotiations rather than produce a draft agreement). |
Trade | 11 March 2024 |
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WTO Ministerial Decision that, among other things, establishes that countries that graduate from the LDC category continue to benefit from the application of the Special Procedures Involving LDCs set out in Article 24 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding and from the LDC-specific technical assist |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 04 March 2024 |
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The Least Developed Countries in Facts and Figures (UN-OHRLLS) Reviews progress on the implementation of the key focus areas of the Doha Programme of Action. |
LDC data, criteria, CDP triennial reviews and procedures | 29 February 2024 |
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"The Roadmap identifies specific actions to be taken by governments of LDCs, development partners, the United Nations system, and other stakeholders, including the private sector to achieve the DPoA targets that are critical to implement the 2030 Agenda in the 45 LDCs and bring about transforma |
Development cooperation and multilateralism | 23 February 2024 |
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"Although the services sector has emerged as a new engine of economic growth, the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have severely affected services exports from the least developed countries (LDCs), with an approximate loss of almost USD 29 billion in foregone exports over the past thr |
Trade | 22 February 2024 |
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LDC graduation and smooth transition | 08 February 2024 |
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