This working session will explore the impact of the pandemic on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and their development prospects, and the policies and measures required to build resilience.
Panelists will address the role of export diversification and structural transformation in achieving inclusive growth and building resilience.
In this context, the session will outline the role of productive capacities in the development process and highlight UNCTAD’s new Productive Capacities Index (PCI) as a tool to inform policymakers.
The session aims to identify policies and measures that LLDCs and their development partners can employ to support the building of productive capacities in LLDCs. A particular focus will be on the role of trade and aid for trade in LLDCs.
Panellists:
- Paul Akiwumi, Director, Division for Africa, LDCs and Special Programmes, UNCTAD
- Chukwuka Onyekwena, Executive Director, Center for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA)
- Shishir Priyadarshi, Director, Development Division, WTO
- Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Director, UN Office of the High Representative for LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS
Moderator:
Purevsuren Lundeg, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative , Permanent Mission of Mongolia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
