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	Trade impacts of LDC graduation - Senegal - WTO WTO members offer specific flexibilities to least developed country members, including Senegal. Following graduation, these flexibilities may not be available.	15 September 2022
	Trade impacts of LDC graduation - Zambia - WTO WTO members offer specific flexibilities to least developed country members, including Zambia. Following graduation, these flexibilities may not be available. This note provides an overview of possible trade-related impacts of LDC graduation for Zambia on market access, WTO rules and Aid for Trade.	15 September 2022
	Manual para a categoria de países menos desenvolvidos - Inclus?o, gradua??o e medidas especiais - edi??o 2021-2022 A quarta edi??o do Manual para a Categoria de Países Menos Desenvolvidos fornece informa??o extensiva sobre a categoria de Países Menos Desenvolvidos (PMD), incluindo uma descri??o de procedimentos e metodologias utilizados na identifica??o destes países e das medidas de apoio internacional que	08 August 2022
	Opinion in Lead: Navigating post-graduation pharma landscape - Posh Raj Pandey for Sawtee With the right policy support, pharmaceutical industry in Nepal could be instrumental in meeting the country’s ‘access to medicine’-related targets while developing domestic manufacturing base.	07 July 2022
	Three thoughts on the graduating Commonwealth LDCs - Debapriya Bhattacharya for OECD Development Matters "The international development community would be well advised to extend group-related and country-specific support to graduating LDCs to prevent these countries from sliding back.	11 May 2022
	Nepal after LDC Graduation: New avenues for exports - ITC in collaboration with UN-OHRLLS Nepal could lose 4.3% of exports because of tariff changes when it graduates from least developed country status in 2026. The removal of preferential tariffs will especially affect the apparel, synthetic textile fabric and carpet sectors.	21 April 2022
	Trade impacts of LDC graduation - Matters related to the WTO agreements WTO members offer special treatment to least-developed countries (LDCs). They benefit from greater market access opportunities, flexibilities in implementing WTO rules and assistance aimed at strengthening their capacity to trade.	01 April 2022
	Strategy for graduation with momentum: Bridging pre-graduation and post-graduation development processes in the least developed countries - UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 99 The development path followed by a country prior to graduation from the least developed country category has significant implications with regard to the challenges to be faced after graduation. The current conceptualization of a smooth transition strategy primarily aims to create a short-term pos	30 March 2022
	CDP Monitoring Reports 2022 - Bangladesh Bangladesh achieved robust economic growth, between 6-8% annually during 2015-2019, and a positive growth of 3.5% in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Government balance decreased by 5.5%, Taking active responses to the COVID-19 pandemic to protect the living conditions of the population.	28 February 2022
	CDP Monitoring Reports 2022 - Lao PDR Lao PDR had robust economic growth, averaging over 6% per annum over 2015-2019, but the growth slowed down significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.	28 February 2022