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S?o Tom¨¦ and Pr¨ªncipe graduation status

S?o Tom¨¦ and Pr¨ªncipe graduated on 13 December 2024 (see the General Assembly resolution ).

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Rapport faisant partie d'une s¨¦rie de publications qui identifient les principaux obstacles relatifs aux mesures non tarifaires (MNT) auxquels le secteur priv¨¦ est confront¨¦ - analyse l'exp¨¦rience des entreprises exportatrices et importatrices au B¨¦nin ¨¤ travers une enqu¨ºte directe ¨¤ grand

 Trade 19 April 2017

Productive Capacity and Economic Growth in Ethiopia (CDP Background Paper No. 34)

This paper examines the process of building productive capacity in Ethiopia over the past two decades and the roles played by the state, government, the private sector, foreign firms and development partners.

 Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation 12 April 2017

Building productive capacity for LDC graduation in Bhutan

Building productive capacity is generally seen as a major challenge for least developed countries (LDCs).

 LDC graduation and smooth transition 31 March 2017

UNESCO priorities on LDCs

 Poverty, health, education, food security, employment, social security 31 December 2016

The goal of Uganda¡¯s Value Chain Roadmap for Sunflowers is to set the sector on the course of strategic development by addressing constraints in a comprehensive manner and defining concrete opportunities that can be realized through the specific steps detailed in its Plan of Action (PoA).

 Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation 31 December 2016

Graduation is the process through which a country ceases to be an LDC, having in principle overcome the structural handicaps that warrant special support from the international community, beyond that generally granted to other developing countries.

 LDC graduation and smooth transition 13 December 2016

Aid for Trade: Building Productive Capacity and Trade Capacities in LDCs (CDP Policy Review No. 1; Jose Antonio Alonso)

 Trade 31 October 2016

Industrial Policy, LDCs and the WTO Regime (CDP Policy Review No. 5; Keith Nurse)

 Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation 26 October 2016

Trade preferences for least developed countries - Are they effective? Preliminary econometric evidence (CDP Policy Review No. 4; Stephan Klasen, Inmaculada Mart¨ªnez-Zarzoso, Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann and Matthias Bruckner)

 Trade 25 October 2016

Clusters of Least Developed Countries, their evolution between 1993 and 2013, and policies to expand their productive capacity (CDP Background Paper No. 33)

The conventional approach to least developed country (LDC) graduation has considered these countries as an undifferentiated group whose problems could be solved by means of similar measures focussing on domestic and international liberalisation, preferential aid allocations, and the promotion of the

 LDC data, criteria, CDP triennial reviews and procedures 11 July 2016

Applying the Growth Identification and Facilitation Framework to the Least Developed Countries: The Case of Uganda (CDP Background Paper No. 32)

This paper aims to draw insights from New Structural Economics by applying its practical policy tool ¨C the Growth Identification and Facilitation Framework (GIFF) ¨C to least developed countries (LDCs) with a special focus on the case of Uganda. The GIFF offers practical development paths for enab

 Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation 30 June 2016

Productive Capacity and Trade in the Solomon Islands (CDP Background Paper No. 31)

Economic growth, environmental sustainability and human development in the Solomon Islands have lagged much of the Pacific region since independence in 1978.

 Trade 20 June 2016

Cost-benefit analysis for identifying institutional capacity building priorities in LDCs: an application to Uganda (CDP Background Paper No. 30)

Institutional constraints prevent the Least Developed Countries from fully utilizing the trade-related International Support Measures provided by development partners.

 Trade 21 April 2016

Building institutional capacity in the use of trade-related international support measures: Nepal - Setting priorities in addressing institutional constraints, findings and recommendations

The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) Secretariat of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has developed a capacity building project on Removing Institutional Constraints in Utilizing Trade-Related International Support Measures (ISMs) for Least Developed Countries

 Trade 30 December 2015

Supporting LDCs? Transformation: How can ODA Contribute to the Istanbul Programme of Action in the Post-2015 Era? (CDP Background Paper No. 28)

Many intergovernmental processes, including the Istanbul Programme of Action, the post-2015 Development Agenda and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, call for a significant increase in ODA toward LDCs.

 Development cooperation and multilateralism 24 August 2015

Samoa's smooth transition strategy report - December 2014

Report by the Government of Samoa on the smooth transition strategy.

LDC graduation and smooth transition 31 December 2014

Nepal¡¯s Accession to the World Trade Organization: Case Study of Issues Relevant to Least Developed Countries (CDP Background Paper No. 23)

Nepal was the first Least Developed Country to negotiate its accession to the World Trade Organization. The negotiation process was demanding, yet it succeeded in securing a relatively well-balanced accession package.

 Trade 24 November 2014

Accelerating Development in the Least Developed Countries through International Support Measures: Findings from Country Case Studies (CDP Background Paper No. 22)

The least developed country category was established by the international community for countries requiring special support measures for dealing with their structural impediments to growth.

 Development cooperation and multilateralism 12 October 2014

LDC and other country groupings: How useful are current approaches to classify countries in a more heterogeneous developing world? (CDP Background Paper No. 21)

The proliferation of country groupings indicates the need to assess the effectiveness of the current system for development cooperation and to explore better ways to manage the international system, as heterogeneity among developing countries increases.

 LDC data, criteria, CDP triennial reviews and procedures 15 September 2014

The likelihood of 24 least developed countries graduating from the LDC category by 2020: an achievable goal? (CDP Background Paper No. 20)

This paper examines the prospects of achieving a main goal of the Istanbul Programme of Action¡ªat least half of the LDCs to meet the graduation criteria by 2020.

 LDC data, criteria, CDP triennial reviews and procedures 14 September 2014

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Countries approaching graduation and already graduated