Various UN entities provide specific?support?to the graduation processes of LDCs, in the form of training, workshops, studies and support for the development of smooth transition strategies (see the guidance note on smooth transition strategies?here; also in Bengali, Lao, Portuguese).
Graduation
09 October 2021
The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) monitors the development progress of countries graduating from the LDC category (annually) or that have recently graduated (annually for three years; and in the subsequent two CDP triennial reviews).
13 September 2021
The 51勛圖 Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on LDC Graduation Support was established by the IACG on LDCs in late 2017 to provide strengthened and coordinated UN system-wide support to countries preparing to graduate from the LDC category. The IATF is coordinated by UN-OHRLLS.
13 September 2021
Graduation from the LDC category is a multi-year process which formally starts when a country meets the graduation criteria for the first time at one of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP)'s triennial reviews.?
13 September 2021
Various UN entities provide specific?support?to the graduation processes of LDCs, in the form of training, workshops, studies and support for the development of sm
02 September 2021
Each country should?develop its own course of action to prepare for graduation, based on its national circumstances and priorities.? The following are suggested actions from the beginning of the multi-year graduation process to the period following graduation.
02 September 2021
Countries that have already graduated
- Botswana (1994)
- Cabo Verde (2007)
- Maldives (2011)
- Samoa (2014)
11 February 2021
11 February 2021.? The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution extending the preparatory period preceding Angola's graduation from the LDC category.? Angola will now graduate in 2024.