Least developed countries
We support least developed countries in achieving structural economic transformation, enhancing productive capacity, reducing poverty, and building resilience to adverse factors.
Least developed countries
We support least developed countries in achieving structural economic transformation, enhancing productive capacity, reducing poverty, and building resilience to adverse factors.
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- UN recognition of LDCs
- List of LDCs
- Map of the LDCs
- LDCs: Graduation support package
- Country profiles of LDCs
Areas of work
- The Enhanced Integrated Framework
- eTrade Readiness Assessments
- Trade and poverty reduction
- Rules of origin for least developed countries
- Geographical indications for least developed countries
- Productive Capacities Index
Projects
- Structural economic progress towards and beyond graduation from LDC status
- Helping least developed countries achieve structural economic progress toward and beyond graduation
- Coherent strategies for productive capacity development in African LDCs
- A New Trade Policy and Strategy for ASEAN LDCs
- Upgrade and diversify their fish exports in selected LDCs
Meetings
23 September 2025
Dialogue on inequality, poverty and trade in Africa and the least developed countries
Room VII, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland5 August 2025
LLDC3 side event: Challenges and opportunities for LLDCs in export and economic diversification - Implications of international standards
Awaza, Turkmenistan5 August 2025
Designing a new trade policy for Cambodia during and after LDC graduation: A path of challenges and opportunities
Phnom Penh, Cambodia24 – 25 July 2025
Workshop on industrial policy training - Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Cambodia18 June 2025
Peer review of the Least Developed Countries Report 2025
Online and Geneva, Switzerland29 – 30 May 2025
Workshop on industrial policy training - Zambia
Neelkanth Sarovar Premiere Hotel, Lusaka, ZambiaDocuments
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