The committee on white paper on the state of the economy has advised the government not to defer the deadline for graduation from the least-developed country bracket scheduled for November 2026. Based ...

Bangladesh may face economic challenges and a rise in poverty if it proceeds with a premature and unprepared graduation from its least developed country (LDC) status, warned economists, politicians ...

On 7 January Jose Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy, wrote an Op-ED for OECD's Development Matters blog expressing his views on the graduation process of least developed ...

The EMM sub-committee is also scheduled to meet this week and will review the current situation of countries that have already completed their graduation process, as well as those in the pipeline.

In a milestone decision, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has decided to allow graduating countries, including Bangladesh, to enjoy the duty-free and quota-free facilities after the transition from ...

LDC Graduation process and the 2024 Triennial Review of the list of LDCs (Presentation by CDP Secretariat at the informal session of the WTO Sub-Committee on LDCs, 13 December 2023) Document Summary: ...