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Special Event: Facilitating the Participation of Landlocked Developing Countries in Higher Segments of Regional and Global Commodity Value Chains


01 October 2014
New York
, United States of America

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This special event is a collaborative undertaking between UNCTAD, CFC and UN-OHRLLS. It will focus on one aspect of the problem facing LLDCs - heavy dependence on primary commodities.

The event will examine the challenges, opportunities and prospects to enhance the role of commodities, (including through diversification, value-addition and retention) in LLDCs' development.

It also seeks ways and means to use commodities as lever for socioeconomic development of LLDCs, by taking policy measures and actions that facilitate their beneficial integration into regional and global commodity value chains, especially at higher segments.

The side event is expected to generate policy debates and recommend practical policy options as a contribution to the ongoing negotiations on the post-Almaty Programme of Action.

Key Issues:

  1. How can LLDCs maximize the developmental impact of their natural resources wealth in the face of volatile international commodity prices and financial markets?
  2. What are the respective roles of trading and development partners, the private sector and civil society actors in enhancing the role of commodities in development?
  3. What mix of policies and strategies are needed to facilitate investment flows (domestic and foreign) to the commodities sector?
  4. How can domestic institutions and governance contribute to capture commodities' gain (investible resources) into development processes, reduce capital flights and accelerate the process of capital formation (accumulation)?
  5. Is there a scope for LLDCs to beneficially link to regional and global commodity value chains at higher value segments? And how?
  6. What are successful and less successful experiences as well as best practices to diversify including value addition (and retention) to the commodities sector to spur structural economic transformation in LLDCs?

Participants:

The event is open to all stakeholders - Member States, private sector and civil society actors.

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Co-organizer(s):
UNCTAD, CFC and UN-OHRLLS
Sponsor / funding:
The main financier of this project is the Common Fund for Commodities, an intergovernmental financial institution established within the framework of the United Nations, headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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