“Graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category, a milestone in a country’s development, is not free of controversies. Graduating countries fear the phasing out of LDC-specific support may ...

Leaders of 16 major business chambers and associations have urged the government to delay Bangladesh's graduation from the least developed country (LDC) club, saying that an early transition would ...

With LDC trade benefits set to expire in 2029, Bangladesh's apparel industry must pivot its strategy from seeking a delayed graduation to aggressively lobbying the EU for amended GSP+ clauses on rules ...

Business leaders have continued to push the government to seek a deferral of Bangladesh’s graduation to a developing nation by five to six years, warning that a premature transition would cripple ...

Government policymakers from 16 least developed countries (LDCs) and one graduate, Samoa, will gather in Beijing, China, from 10-12 November to discuss strategies needed to successfully graduate from ...

The Solomon Islands Government, through the Ministry of National Planning and Development Coordination (MNPDC), participated in a high-level global meeting on Least Developed Country (LDC) graduation.

In a talk program organized by the Center for Diplomacy and Development in Kathmandu on Nepal’s graduation from LDC, a prominent question that arose was whether Nepal is ready to graduate from LDC ...

As Bangladesh prepares to graduate from LDC status, the transition will test the resilience of its banking sector with a loss of trade preferences, tighter global rules and shifting financing conditio ...

Newly appointed Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant for overseeing the Ministry of Finance Dr Anisuzzaman Chowdhury on Tuesday said the government is re-evaluating deeply the issue of Bangladesh's ...

Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant Dr Anisuzzaman Chowdhury on Saturday said that there is no possibility of postponement or backtracking from the country’s drive towards LDC graduation since the ...

Workshop: Irrespective of the LDC graduation criteria, achieving the sustainable development goals (SDG) or the millennium development goals, for Bhutan, all targets are encompassed in the GNH ...

As Nepal prepares to leave the least developed country (LDC) category, it needs to manage the impact on its export sector. In February 2018, the government of Nepal officially requested the UN not ...