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Documents and publications on graduation
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LDC graduation has become an increasingly important issue in the international development agenda. Meeting graduation eligibility is a major goal of the Istanbul Plan of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the decade 201-2020 (IPoA). |
30 September 2019 |
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Cambodia Trade Integration Strategy 2019-2023, Main Report and Action Matrix. Kingdom of Cambodia Cambodia has been at the forefront and has been a key beneficiary of the Enhanced Integrated Framework partnership for Least Developed Countries (EIF). |
30 July 2019 |
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Without doubt, the fate of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the global institution mandated to set rules and disciplines for the multilateral trading system, stands at a crossroads. |
30 May 2019 |
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MFD Working Paper on LDC Graduation: Challenges and Opportunities for Vanuatu Vanuatu will graduate from the least developed country (LDC) category on 4 December 2020. This will be a momentous occasion, heralding a new era in the nation¡¯s development journey. However, it will be essential to carefully manage the transition leading up to, and following graduation. |
09 April 2019 |
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This paper outlines the recent development trajectory of Kiribati in relation to the least developed country (LDC) categorisation and the prospect of Kiribati¡¯s graduation out of LDC status. |
09 April 2019 |
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There is a need for more focused impact assessments of the potential costs and benefits arising from transitioning from Least Developed Country (LDC) status. This includes a deeper understanding of how LDCs are positioned within global value chains. |
31 December 2018 |
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The progress made for enabling LDCs to move toward graduation has not been successful enough. Fourteen countries have been able to meet the criteria for graduation during 2011-2020, only half way to meet the target specified in the IPoA: a half of LDCs meeting the graduation criteria by 2020. |
30 November 2018 |
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Loss of access to the international support measures (ISMs) dedicated to least developed countries (LDCs) as result of graduating from the category may give rise to potentially important economic costs. |
13 September 2018 |
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The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) category was set up in 1971 to identify countries ? caught in a trap ? and to support them to move ? out of the trap ? . The category, if successful, aimed at the end to disappear. |
01 May 2018 |
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28 March 2018 |

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