Key elements of LDC graduation criteria in the case of Angola

27 Pages·2016·1.85 MB·English

Key elements of LDC graduation 
criteria in the case of Angola
Workshop on Angola graduation from LDC: 
challenges and opportunities
Luanda, Angola, October 2016
Namsuk Kim
CDP Secretariat, UN DESA
Structure
1. The CDP and the LDCs 
2. The LDC category
3. Angola: Graduation
4. Smooth transition
5. Additional information
CDP Secretariat
1. The CDP and the LDCs 
2. The LDC category
3. Angola: Graduation
4. Smooth transition
5. Additional information
THE CDP AND THE LDCS
CDP Secretariat
Mandates
Committee for Development Policy (CDP) : 
• Subsidiary body of ECOSOC (resolution 1998/46)
• Policy advice
• Identification of LDCs: 
Triennial reviews
Methodology and process 
Monitoring of graduating and  graduated LDCs
CDP Secretariat (UN DESA):
– Dissemination of CDP work 
– Substantive support 
– LDC Portal on support measures
– Capacity development
1. The CDP and the LDCs 
2. The LDC category
3. Angola: Graduation
4. Smooth transition
5. Additional information
THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRY 
CATEGORY
CDP Secretariat
Background
(cid:206) Concern about countries consistently lagging behind
(cid:206) Category created in 1971
(cid:206) Special measures for catching up with other developing countries
(cid:206) From 25 to 48 Countries; 4 graduations, 3 more in the pipeline
(cid:206) Countries identified triennially; inclusion to and graduation from 
the category:
– Committee for Development Policy
– Economic and Social Council
– General Assembly
(cid:206) Using a set of indicators and additional information
CDP Secretariat
LDCs = Low-income countries + facing structural
handicaps to sustainable development
(cid:121) GNI per capita (as a measure of income)
(cid:121) Structural impediments to sustainable development: 
1. Level of human development measured by the 
Human Asset Index (HAI), 
2. Structural vulnerability to shocks proxied by the 
Economic Vulnerability Index (EVI)
CDP Secretariat
LDC criteria and indicators
Graduation eligibility
Country meets graduation criteria in two
(cid:132)
consecutive reviews
Country passes thresholds of any 2 criteria,
(cid:132)
or income is larger than twice the
graduation threshold
Not mechanic: impact assessment,
(cid:132)
vulnerability profile, country views taken
into account
Graduation procedures
(cid:131) Several years
(cid:131) Multi‐stage process
(cid:131) Multiple actors 
(cid:131) Based on rigorous 
methodology 
(cid:131) Objective: no 
country to fall back 
into the category
(cid:131) Report annually and 
in two triennial 
review years to CDP
CDP Secretariat