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LOCATION:Online\, Bangladesh
SUMMARY:Workshop on the vulnerability profile of Bangladesh 
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DESCRIPTION:Helping Bangladesh make graduation a milestone of continued eco
 nomic progress\n\nThe United Nations Committee for Development Policy (CDP
 )\, in its 2018 review of the list of least developed countries (LDCs)\, f
 ound Bangladesh pre-eligible for graduation from LDC status in light of th
 e country’s performance under the three criteria for identifying LDCs. W
 hile meeting two of the three graduation lines would have been sufficient 
 for making Bangladesh a case of pre-qualification for graduation\, the cou
 ntry pre-qualified on the basis of all three criteria\, thereby standing o
 ut as one of the first two LDCs in history on its way to three-pronged gra
 duation. It it expected that the country’s eligibility for graduation wi
 ll be confirmed in the next Triennial Review of the CDP\, scheduled to tak
 e place in February 2021.\n\nThe foreseeable graduation of Bangladesh crea
 tes three important needs:\n\n\nTo understand the extent to which there ha
 s been structural transformation in Bangladesh\;\nTo measure the anticipat
 ed impact of probable losses of benefits in the context of graduation\;\nT
 o pave the way for a smooth transition to post-LDC status\, and to create 
 a climate in which there should be no room for fear of the unknown.\n\n\nT
 his online workshop aims to facilitate a leap in that three-tiered directi
 on\, by instilling greater awareness and understanding\, among national po
 licy makers\, of the key implications of the likely change of status.\n\nO
 bjectives\n\nThe purpose of the workshop is to help national policymakers 
 and other national stakeholders make graduation a milestone of continuing 
 and intensifying structural transformation and social progress. To that en
 d\, the workshop offers an opportunity to:\n\n\nReview the progress made b
 y Bangladesh on the LDC graduation thresholds and on other dimensions iden
 tified by the Vulnerability Profile in the fields of economic\, social and
  environmental performance\;\nExamine the broad implications for Banglades
 h of the expected change of country status\, notably the potential benefit
 s of graduation and the possible adverse consequences of it\, in light of 
 the ex-ante Impact Assessment\; and\nDiscuss the next steps to be taken in
  the country’s smooth transition out of LDC status.\n\n\nParticipation i
 n the workshop\n\nParticipants will include national authorities from Mini
 stries and other public institutions\, as well as stakeholders from the pr
 ivate sector and civil society.\n&lt\;h3 class=&quot\;text-align-center\n\
 nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/workshop-vulnerabi
 lity-profile-bangladesh
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