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Lao PDR graduation status
Lao PDR is scheduled to graduate on 24 November 2026 (see the General Assembly resolution ).
- More information on the process here.
- More information on suggested action to prepare for graduation here.
Lao PDR's LDC Profile (CDP website) (includes CDP reports, ECOSOC and General Assembly resolutions, Lao PDR's performance against the graduation criteria, ex ante assessment of the impacts of graduation, vulnerability profile, graduation assessment, country statements to the CDP)
Other resources:
Documents on Lao PDR
Document Title | Topic | Date | |
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"The paper explores the impact of non-tariff measures (NTMs) on Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), and Timor-Leste as they prepare for graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status. |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 27 November 2024 | |
CDP Monitoring Reports 2022 - Lao PDR Lao PDR had robust economic growth, averaging over 6% per annum over 2015-2019, but the growth slowed down significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 28 February 2022 | |
The textile and clothing sector in five Asian least developed countries (LDCs) ¡ª Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Nepal ¡ª makes heavy use of trade preferences for LDCs and is one of the main sectors likely to be impacted by graduation from the category. |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 01 February 2022 | |
Report of the DESA project, ¡°Strengthening the capacity of least developed countries to develop evidence©\based, coherent and well financed strategies to implement the 2030 Agenda¡± |
Climate change and energy | 14 October 2021 | |
The WTO, in cooperation with ITC, UNCTAD and UNDESA, organized a webinar on 7 May 2021. It kicked off an inter-agency collaboration to undertake an in-depth sectoral study on the implications of LDC graduation for the textiles and clothing (T&C) sector. |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 07 May 2021 | |
Smooth transition for graduating LDCs under the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism 4 May 2021. Daniel Gay. It is widely accepted that least developed countries (LDCs) leaving the category need special measures to smooth the transition. The next graduates include Bangladesh, Bhutan, Lao PDR and Solomon Islands, but others will soon follow. |
Trade | 04 May 2021 | |
This paper has four objectives. |
Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation | 12 April 2021 | |
The impact of COVID-19 on South-East Asia 30 July 2020. |
COVID-19 | 30 July 2020 | |
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). |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 30 September 2019 |