LDC graduation

31 May 2022
Ambassador Sumbue Antas: On Vanuatu's graduation and resilience
The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Vanuatu to the WTO talks graduation journey, Covid-19 and climate resilience, and how leaving the LDC category means the work as only just started.
Aid for Trade
7 December 2021 - Michelle Kovacevic
Amid cyclones and COVID-19, Vanuatu makes bold decision to graduate from ‘least developed country’ category
Originally published by OECD Development Matters blog on 30th April 2021
Trade policy
Financing
6 June 2021 - Jodie Keane, Sarah Colenbrander and Laura Kelly
How can the EU’s border carbon adjustments avoid unintended consequences for LDCs?
On avoiding risks and challenges for countries striving to reduce poverty and tackle climate change
Trade policy
Environment
17 November 2020 - Dr Cheikh Tidiane Dieye
From regional to global: the path to graduation for African LDCs?
Integration into one or more value chains could enable LDCs to specialize in certain production activities or modules while gradually evolving towards more complex tasks.
Trade policy
10 November 2020 - Deanna Ramsay
In Cabo Verde, tourism and trade at a crossroads
Cabo Verde is often described as “off the beaten path”, whatever that means. In reality, the tiny country of 10 islands has been on many paths since the 15th century, when Portuguese sailors first stopped in the uninhabited archipelago.
COVID-19
Tourism
5 June 2020 - Jodie Keane
Least developed country vulnerabilities exposed by COVID-19
The world is changing, and so should our support to the world’s poorest countries
Global Value Chains
COVID-19
29 May 2020
Online discussion: LDC graduation & COVID-19
Only 5 countries have graduated from LDC status since the category was established in 1971. 12 are set to potentially graduate in the coming years, largely based on economic gains. But with COVID-19 slowing economies and trade, is LDC graduation in peril?
COVID-19
26 May 2020 - Deanna Ramsay
How does graduation from least developed country status change a nation’s trade prospects?
New report dives into the details of shifting treatment, export markets and more
Aid for Trade
19 May 2020 - Daniel Gay
Six suggestions for improving support to least developed countries
To get LDC graduation back on track, and to help other LDCs, reform of the international system of support must be fundamental and far-reaching.
Aid for Trade
COVID-19
18 May 2020 - Rajan Sudesh Ratna
South Asian least developed countries: The rocky path to sustainable graduation
How will graduation impact countries in South Asia and the trade support they benefit from? How can they prepare?
Aid for Trade
COVID-19
16 April 2020 - Deanna Ramsay
Beauty in diversity: How can trade support Timor-Leste’s graduation from least developed country status?
On Timor-Leste’s development progress, and what remains to be done
Aid for Trade
Trade policy
28 January 2020 - Daniel Gay
Leaving no one behind: New help for graduating least developed countries (Part II)
For many, graduation from least developed country status is not the end of the story.
Aid for Trade
14 January 2020 - Daniel Gay
Leaving no one behind: New help for graduating least developed countries (Part I)
Following rapid progress, up to 12 LDCs may leave the category in coming years. The countries involved include up to a quarter of the total LDC population.
Aid for Trade
4 December 2019 - Ana Luiza Cortez
Improved assistance for LDC graduation: What else can be done?
Graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category, a milestone in a country’s development, is not free of controversies.
Aid for Trade
31 October 2019 - Daniel Gay Kevin P. Gallagher
For the least developed countries, revitalising multilateralism is life or death
The international system governing the environment and economy is under pressure, but it is in trade where least developed countries (LDCs) may lose most from cracks in the global order.
Trade policy
29 October 2019 - Michelle Kovacevic
Change in mindset sees Vanuatu become rising star of economic development
Vanuatu became a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) back in 2012, and has made immense economic progress.
Trade policy
13 June 2019 - Aussama Bejraoui Frans Lammersen Justine Lan
Aid for trade, economic diversification and empowerment in the least developed countries
Economic diversification and empowerment are essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals; they also embody the rationale behind the Aid for Trade Initiative.
Aid for Trade
Global Review 2019
27 July 2018
Daniel Gay: The long and winding road to LDC graduation
The EIF’s Daria Shatskova talks development in the world’s poorest countries with UNDESA’s Daniel Gay
Trade policy