Webinar | Least Developed Country (LDC) Graduation

Webinar | Least Developed Country (LDC) Graduation

? May 28, 2020 ? 3 pm CET
Webinar

Only 5 countries have graduated from LDC status since the category was established in 1971.

12 are set to potentially graduate in the coming years, largely based on economic gains. But with COVID-19 slowing economies and trade, is LDC graduation in peril?

SPEAKERS:

  • H.E. Ambassador Mere Falemaka, Permanent Representative to the Permanent Delegation of the Pacific Islands Forum to the World Trade Organization
  • Daniel Gay, Advisor on Trade and Development, United Nations Committee for Development Policy
  • Jodi Keane, Senior Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute

Original source: EIF
Published on 12 May 2020