Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
October 14, 2020 -
Jenny Larsen
What industrialization means for well-being – and why it matters
Originally published by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization on 17 September 2020
June 03, 2020 -
Paul Akiwumi, Giovanni Valensisi
When it rains it pours: COVID-19 exacerbates poverty risks in the poorest countries
Originally published by UNCTAD on 7 May 2020
April 28, 2020 -
Jodie Keane
COVID-19 and trade: Challenges ahead for least developed countries and Small Island Developing States
Originally published by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) on 1 April 2020
April 06, 2020 -
Ailsa Nicol
How to engage businesses in international development
What are some of the keys to success in getting businesses on board?
March 16, 2020 -
Georgios Mermigkas, Ishrat Gadhok
Achieving SDG 2: Policy options and their trade-offs
SDG 2 commits governments to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, with five specific targets setting the level and ambition of this goal.
March 10, 2020 -
Aussama Bejraoui, Elisabeth Lambrecht, Frans Lammersen
Tools and finance to help transform least developed country economies
Transforming the economies of least developed countries (LDCs) requires a nationally supported vision on how to tackle the binding constraints to higher value-added production.
March 04, 2020 -
Filippos Pierros
Time for bold initiatives to tackle inequalities and climate change
Originally published in OECD-Development Matters on 31 January 2020
February 21, 2020 -
Deanna Ramsay
Ambassador Morten Jespersen: Looking at aid funding, the private sector and country visions – where are LDCs now?
EIF’s Steering Committee Chair talks donor priorities, laying the groundwork for investment in LDCs and more
December 02, 2019 -
Mohammad A. Razzaque, Syed Mortuza Ehsan, Brendan Vickers
Poorest countries caught in the global trade turmoil
Least developed countries (LDCs) confront a challenging global trade landscape, from slower long-term growth rates and rising protectionism to a weakening nexus between trade and GDP growth.