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Capacity Development Assistance for Developing Countries

The Economic Analysis and Policy Division leads UN DESA’s capacity-development and policy-advisory activities on economy-wide issues and on methodologies to integrate the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.

Activities focus on training and advising policymakers in developing countries to enhance their analytical capacities in designing coherent and integrated macroeconomic, social and environmental policies; and enabling LDCs to make the most adequate use of benefits derived from their LDC status and to smoothly graduate from the LDC category.

Recent capacity development activities focus on the following countries and projects:

Project Duration Target countries Main activities More information
Rebuilding better and greener from the COVID-19 pandemic through enhanced design and implementation of sustainable national recovery strategies based on policy simulations 2023-2027 TBD Strengthening the capacity of Government agencies to better utilize data and analytical techniques to inform decision-making processes Link
Improving national capacity to address economic challenges originating from the fuel, food and finance crises 2022-2023 Lao PDR, Malawi, Niger Technical support to build national capacity for recognizing and addressing macroeconomic challenges to SDG achievement Link
Enhanced monitoring mechanism 2022 Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Nepal, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Enhanced Monitoring mechanism for graduating and graduated countries Link
Smooth transition support 2018-2022 Bangladesh, Bhutan, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vanuatu Support on smooth transition strategy, use of ePing to track product requirements for export promotion Link
Integrated sustainable graduation support facility (iGRAD) 2018-2022 Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor-Leste Integrated sustainable graduation support facility (iGRAD) Link
Climate, land-use, energy and water systems (CLEWs) in Africa 2018-2021 Cameroon, Ethiopia, Namibia Use of CLEWs in national development planning
DESA Interdivisional 2018-2021 Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Lao PDR, United Republic of Tanzania Research and step-by-step guide to access LDC-specific climate financing and other options to enhance food security Link
BRI-SDGs 2016-2021 Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Czechia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Romania, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Thailand Developing the expanded World Economic Forecasting Model (WEFM-e) to simulate possible impacts of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and national dialogues to use the quantitative information for BRI investments
Climate, land-use, energy and water systems (CLEWs) in Asia Pacific 2021 Bhutan, Mongolia, Malaysia, Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan Use of CLEWs in national development planning
World economic forecasting model (WEFM-e) 2021 Lao PDR, Thailand Training of macro modelling tool, WEFM-e, for policy simulations in national development planning Link
Smooth transition 2021 Sao Tome and Principe Preparing a smooth transition strategy (STS) and roadmap for graduation from the LDC category Link
Smooth transition 2021 Vanuatu Piloting iGrad; preparation and implementation of Vanuatu’s smooth transition strategy Link
Crisis monitoring indicators 2021 Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Nepal, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Identifying crisis monitoring indicators for graduating and graduated countries Link
Climate, land-use, energy and water systems (CLEWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Nicaragua (and Indonesia and Philippines) Use of CLEWs in national development planning

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