The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) is deeply concerned about the negative impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on LDCs. The Committee has reflected this concern in the recommendations made at its 2021 Triennial Review of the LDC category and has issued, at the request of ECOSOC, a comprehensive study on the impacts of COVID-19 on the LDC category.
CDP study (April 2021): Comprehensive Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Least Developed Country Category
CDP statement (May 2020): Covid-19 and graduation from the LDC category
VACCINATIONS
COVID-19 vaccinations in LDCs – No more updates will be provided after December 2023
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2022
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TESTING
COVID-19 testing in LDCs – No more updates will be provided after December 2022
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2021
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2020
Combined weekly 2020 reports (6 May -31 December)
GOVERNMENT RESPONSES
COVID-19 government responses in LDCs – The Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (our data source) has stopped publishing real-time updates for most jurisdictions at the end of 2022. Therefore, no more updates will be provided after December 2022.
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ANALYSIS
- UN/DESA Policy Brief #66: COVID-19 and the least developed countries
- CDP member articles:
鈥� Debapriya Bhattacharya, Fareha Raida Islam, , The Daily Star, 16 May 2020
鈥� Debapriya Bhattacharya, Fareha Raida Islam, , OECD Development Matters, 23 April 2020
鈥� Debapriya Bhattacharya, Fareha Raida Islam,
MORE INFORMATION
- Information on Covid-19 and LDCs on the LDC Portal
- CDP Policy Note: Development Policy and Multilateralism after COVID-19
- Articles by CDP members on Covid-19
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