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Cambodia graduation status
At its 2024 Triennial Review, the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) recommended Cambodia for graduation.
See the CDP's 2024 report here.
Next step: ECOSOC endorsement of the CDP's recommendation (expected in 2024), followed by action by the General Assembly, and a preparatory period.
- More information on the process here.
- More information on suggested action to prepare for graduation here.
Cambodia LDC Profile (CDP website) (includes CDP reports, ECOSOC and General Assembly resolutions, Cambodia's performance against the graduation criteria)
Other resources:
Documents on Cambodia
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2024 Report of the Committee for Development Policy Report on the 26th session of the Committee for Development Policy (4-8 March 2024) The present report contains the main findings and recommendations of the Committee for Development Policy at its twenty-sixth session. |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 08 May 2024 |
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Least developed countries (LDCs) benefit from specific flexibilities under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), including an extended transition period for implementation of the agreement. |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 15 June 2023 |
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When a country leaves (“graduates from”) the least developed countries (LDC) category, it ceases to benefit from international support measures that are exclusive to LDCs (in some cases, these measures are available for a set period after graduation, known as a smooth transition period). |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 17 March 2023 |
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LDC 5 regional consultations on trade elements of the Doha Programme of Action (DPOA) - WTO In March 2022, the international community adopted the Doha Programme of Action for LDCs for the decade 2022-2031. Trade is one of the DPoA’s six pillars. |
Trade | 13 March 2023 |
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Lao People's Democratic Republic after LDC Graduation: New avenues for exports (ITC) Lao People’s Democratic Republic could lose 7.3%, or $734 million, of exports when graduating from least developed country (LDC) status. |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 01 March 2023 |
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Trade impacts of LDC graduation - Cambodia - WTO WTO members offer specific flexibilities to least developed country members, including Cambodia. Following graduation, these flexibilities may not be available. |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 15 September 2022 |
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The UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries’ new report “The State of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Least Developed Countries” is launched today. |
Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation | 14 September 2022 |
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Ethiopia: Sustainable investment in agroprocessing and light manufacturing Cambodia's small and medium-sized enterprises play a central role in the country's economy and development, but face a number of challenges that have been further complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on data from the SME Competitiveness Survey, this report shows how competitivene |
Trade | 07 February 2022 |
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The textile and clothing sector in five Asian least developed countries (LDCs) — Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Nepal — makes heavy use of trade preferences for LDCs and is one of the main sectors likely to be impacted by graduation from the category. |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 01 February 2022 |
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When a country leaves (“graduates” from) the least developed countries (LDC) category, there is often concern about the impacts on the support it will receive from the international community. |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 21 September 2021 |
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This report examines and compares the strategies that four LDCs have adopted on these three fronts. |
Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation | 11 May 2021 |
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The WTO, in cooperation with ITC, UNCTAD and UNDESA, organized a webinar on 7 May 2021. It kicked off an inter-agency collaboration to undertake an in-depth sectoral study on the implications of LDC graduation for the textiles and clothing (T&C) sector. |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 07 May 2021 |
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This paper has four objectives. |
Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation | 12 April 2021 |
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The impact of COVID-19 on South-East Asia 30 July 2020. |
COVID-19 | 30 July 2020 |
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UN/DESA Policy Brief #71: COVID-19 pandemic deals a huge blow to the manufacturing exports from LDCs The COVID-19 pandemic is yet to directly hit the least developed countries (LDCs), although most are already experiencing severe economic pain amid shutdowns, falling commodity prices and declining exports. LDCs are, on average, highly dependent on commodities. |
Trade | 14 May 2020 |
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Cambodia Trade Integration Strategy 2019-2023, Main Report and Action Matrix. Kingdom of Cambodia Cambodia has been at the forefront and has been a key beneficiary of the Enhanced Integrated Framework partnership for Least Developed Countries (EIF). |
LDC graduation and smooth transition | 30 July 2019 |
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What sells in e-commerce: New evidence from Asian LDCs - ITC Cross-border e-commerce can help least developed countries (LDCs) to become more competitive and diversify their exports – and this is especially true for Asia-Pacific, the most dynamic region in global e-commerce. |
Trade | 13 April 2018 |
Photo UN/John Isaac