Optimizing Support Measures for LDCs: Access, Utilization and Effectiveness -
Launch of the LDC Information Portal & the publication of ‘Out of the Trap’
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)/Committee for Development Policy (CDP)
Secretariat and Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International (FERDI)
Launch of the Least Developed Countries Information Portal dedicated to enhancing LDCs’ access to information and utilization of the existing LDC-specific international support measures provided by development and trading partners. The portal also offers interactive online networking and forums to share experience and discuss questions related to the use of support measures, case-studies about specific aspects of the support measures, online training modules to increase knowledge and understanding and more…..
Announcing the publication of ‘Out of the Trap’ by Professor Patrick Guillaumont (ed.). It contains a comprehensive analysis of the development impact of existing international support measures and lessons for the future. In this new research, a group of authoritative scholars assess the impact of membership in the LDC category on the development of LDCs: the economic implications of the market access preferences extended to LDCs, specific LDC provisions contained in WTO agreements, ODA targets, specific aid measures such as the Integrated Framework and the various special measures offered by the multilateral organisations.
Panel discussions on the main findings of the two initiatives related to optimizing international support measures for LDCs
Chair - Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, DESA
Moderator - Mr. Richard Jolly, Member of the Eminent Persons Group for LDC IV and Honorary Professor of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex.
Speakers - Mr. Patrick Guillaumont, President Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International (Ferdi)
- Mr. Rob Vos, Director, Development Policy and Analysis Division, DESA
Discussants
- Mr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue
- Ms. Gnounka Diouf, Minister, Presidency of Senegal
- Ms. Amanda Ellis, Deputy Secretary International Development Group, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Mr. Shishir Priyadarshi, Director, Development Division, World Trade Organisation
Expected outcome: Offer multi-stakeholders the opportunity to have a comprehensive overview of existing international support measures that are currently available, provide LDCs with the tools to improve their understanding and access to these measures and draw lessons from past experiences for enhancing the effectiveness of the new Plan of Action to be adopted in Istanbul.
Launch of the Least Developed Countries Information Portal The event was the opportunity of the launch by UN-DESA of the Least Developed Countries Information Portal dedicated to enhancing LDCs’ access to information and utilization of the existing LDC-specific international support measures provided by development and trading partners. The portal also offers interactive online networking and forums to share experience and discuss questions related to the use of support measures, case-studies about specific aspects of the support measures, online training modules to increase knowledge and understanding and more…..
Portal Presentation by Rob Vos (UN-DESA)
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Announcement of the upcoming publication of "Out of the Trap"
The event was also the opportunity of the announcement about the upcoming publication of the book
Out of the Trap. Supporting the Least Developed Countries, edited by Pr. Patrick Guillaumont, companion volume of Caught in a Trap. Identifying the Least Developed Countries (published at the end of 2009, Economica). It contains a comprehensive analysis of the development impact of existing international support measures and lessons for the future. In this new research, a group of authoritative scholars assess the impact of membership in the LDC category on the development of LDCs: the economic implications of the market access preferences extended to LDCs, specific LDC provisions contained in WTO agreements, ODA targets, specific aid measures such as the Integrated Framework and the various special measures offered by the multilateral organisations.
Presentation by Patrick Guillaumont
Panel discussions on the main findings of the two initiatives related to optimizing international support measures for LDCs.
Chair
Jomo Kwame Sundaram,
Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, UN-DESA
Moderator
Richard Jolly, Member of the Eminent Persons Group for LDC IV and Honorary,
Professor of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex
Speakers
Patrick Guillaumont,
President of the Ferdi,
Emeritus Professor of University of Auvergne
Rob Vos,
Director, Development Policy and Analysis Division, UN-DESA
Discussants
Debapriya Bhattacharya,
Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue
Gnounka Diouf, Minister, Presidency of Senegal
Amanda Ellis,
Deputy Secretary International Development Group,
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Shishir Priyadarshi,
Director, Development Division, World Trade Organisation
