🌾 What can we expect on #AgriculturalTrade at #MC14?
In a new video, @fcalvo.bsky.social highlights key issues related to #Agriculture negotiations at the @wto.org and why they matter for least developed countries #LDCs.
👉 Learn what’s on the table at MC14: www.iisd.org/inside-mc14
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👉 Webinar: SPI Grant Program Info Session
10 March at 8 a.m. (EST)
🔗 https://ow.ly/PWvA50YrpJo
👩💻 Duration: 60 minutes
In English with live interpretation in French and Spanish.
Applications open until 23 April 2026 at 21:00 UTC: https://ow.ly/nqIT50YrpJl
#IXP #Peering #LDCs #SIDS #SPI #Grants
💸 Foreign investment & development aid are declining, raising financing pressures for #LDCs & #SIDS.
Last week, we hosted a roundtable on investment needs, governance trends & the proposed investment facilitation agreement ahead of the @wto.org’s #MC14.
🔗 www.iisd.org/events/inves...
Least developed countries are adopting “hub” strategies, focusing investment on key services and locations like logistics & tech hubs.
These clusters drive innovation, productivity & export growth.
#LDCs Report 2025 has more case studies & insights: https://ow.ly/skxk50YbRtj
Least developed countries’ share of digitally deliverable services, like telecoms & financial services, dropped to 0.16% in 2024 – the lowest on record.
Closing digital divides & supporting SMEs are key to competing in modern services.
UNCTAD #LDCs Report 2025: https://ow.ly/HR4E50YbR1K"
Travel & transport made up nearly 70% of least developed countries' services exports in 2024.
But these sectors create vulnerabilities – hit hard by COVID-19, they remain exposed to demand, mobility & cost-of-living shocks.
Get more insights from #LDCs Report 2025: https://ow.ly/1FS550YbPvv
Least Developed Countries' share in world services trade stays below 1%, with exports concentrated in less dynamic sectors.
Merchandise still dominates their exports.
How can #LDCs compete better in global services markets? UNCTAD’s new report explores: https://ow.ly/xFHf50YbMMI
While agriculture still leads with 48.6% of jobs in least developed countries, services are closing the gap at 38.4%. Manufacturing trails behind.
What does the shift to services mean for LDC workers & economies?
Get more data & insights from UNCTAD’s #LDCs Report 2025: https://ow.ly/yXgo50YbLyg
Services now lead the way in least developed countries.
The sector contributed nearly 49% of GDP in 2023 – far ahead of manufacturing (10.9%) and agriculture (24.4%).
Are services the new path to prosperity?
Dive deeper with UNCTAD’s #LDCs Report 2025: https://ow.ly/5iiv50YbKII
Least developed countries face a massive challenge: 13.2 million new job seekers per year from 2025 to 2050.
To meet demand, they must generate quality jobs & boost growth.
How can services drive this change?
UNCTAD’s #LDCs Report 2025 has more: https://ow.ly/CCgU50YbJjG"
SG Rebeca Grynspan welcomes the recent renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in the US. #AGOA provides duty-free access to U.S. markets for 32 sub-Saharan African countries, including 21 least developed countries.
#LDCs Report 2025 has more: https://ow.ly/NayM50Ye3Mm
Labour productivity in the median least developed country is 11 times lower than in the median developed economy.
This gap highlights vulnerability to shocks & weaker structural capacities to sustain growth.
The #LDCs Report 2025 has more: https://ow.ly/m3aG50YbHZE
Least developed countries face a huge challenge: Accelerating growth to fight poverty.
But with just 1% per capita growth in 2024, they’re falling further behind other developing economies.
Can the services sector help?
UNCTAD’s #LDCs Report explores: https://ow.ly/FBO050YbGCO
Services drive growth & jobs in least developed countries, but most remain low productivity & informal, UNCTAD’s #LDCs Report 2025 shows.
Without targeted policies, growth risks reinforcing inequalities.
Skills, digital tools & industry links are key to better jobs: https://ow.ly/IWvr50YbE1w
By 2050, least developed countries will need around 13.2M new jobs every year just for people entering the labour market, UNCTAD chief Rebeca Grynspan said launching The #LDCs Report 2025.
Can services help economies grow, create better jobs and boost incomes? https://ow.ly/sa5150YcyPO
Services can boost industrialization, trade & competitiveness – but only with strong national strategies and a supportive global environment.
Without both, opportunity could turn into exclusion, says UNCTAD chief Rebeca Grynspan at the launch of the latest #LDCs Report. https://ow.ly/kOps50Yca3v
From tourism and transport to finance and telecoms, services now make up around half of economic output in the average least developed country.
Can they transform economies in #LDCs – and under what conditions?
Explore UNCTAD’s Least Developed Countries Report 2025: https://ow.ly/LEWo50YbBVN
"For developing countries, the #AEOI has improved taxpayer compliance, but non-compliance remains pervasive. Findings challenge the view that #LDCs with limited administrative capacity do not benefit from AEOI." 💬 Nadine Riedel
5. In a new short piece for the @iisd.org @economies.iisd.org, I explain why capping trade-distorting domestic support is so critical, especially where such support does the most harm to LDCs.
🔗 Read it here: www.iisd.org/articles/ins...
#trade #tradepolicy #subsidies #WTO #LDCs #MC14 #Cameroon
Mit aufstrebenden Volkswirtschaften wie Indien oder Mexiko sollen Projekte in Zukunft mittels KfW-Darlehen durchgeführt werden. Nur die ärmsten Länder der Welt #LDCs sollen durch den BMZ-Haushalt unterstützt werden, um Armut und Hunger zu bekämpfen (Ziel 1).
Least Developed Countries #LDCs face a double diversification gap, across both products and markets, leaving their export earnings more exposed to external shocks.
📊Read the insight: bit.ly/insight-229
📷Get the data: unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/d...
At #COP30 in Belém, countries agreed to triple #AdaptationFinance by 2035 to around $120 billion a year.
For the #LDCs, this is a signal of hope and the possibility of a more resilient future. Now the real work begins to turn this promise into reality.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/12/17/t...
New #LDCF and #SCCF projects are set to scale up country-driven adaptation solutions across #LDCs and #SIDS, focusing on integrated land–water management, coastal protection, sustainable fisheries, and climate-resilient livelihoods. thegef.org/newsroom/new...
#GEFCouncil70
New pledges and projects approvals @theGEF LDCF/SCCF council meeting. Projects - Eritrea, Haiti, Kiribati, Senegal & Marshall Islands. Pledges: Germany €10m, Belgium €5.9m, Sweden 130m SEK, Ireland €3m (LDCF) & €2m (SCCF)
Progress, but the funding gap remains so huge!
#LDCS #Adaptation #GEF
“The Unfinished Business of NDCs: Closing the Implementation Gap for LDCs.”
Final quote - what key speakers and panellists said during the LDC Group led NDCs side event at #COP30 in Belém, @IRENA @ndcpartnership
#LDCs #IRENA #ClimateFinance
“The Unfinished Business of NDCs: Closing the Implementation Gap for LDCs.”
This week, we are sharing highlights of what key speakers and panellists said during the LDC Group led NDCs side event at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil
@IRENA @ndcpartnership
#LDCs #NDCs #ClimateFinance
Join us at #UNEA7 for an insider’s look at the GEF’s state of play, the road ahead for GEF-9, and new opportunities for developing countries, #LDCs, and #SIDS across the GEF Family of Funds.
📅 11 December 2025
🕕 18:15–19:45 EAT
📍 Mt Kenya Room, UNON
Click to watch 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
“The Unfinished Business of NDCs: Closing the Implementation Gap for LDCs.”
This week, we are sharing highlights of what key speakers and panellists said during the LDC Group led NDCs side event at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil
#LDCs #NDCs #NDCPartnership #IRENA #ClimateFinance
“The Unfinished Business of NDCs: Closing the Implementation Gap for LDCs.”
This week, we are sharing highlights of what key speakers and panellists said during the LDC Group led NDCs side event #COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
@ndcpartnership @IRENA
#LDCs #NDCs #ClimateFinance
@COP30, we hosted an insightful side event : “The Unfinished Business of NDCs: Closing the Implementation Gap for LDCs.” 🇪🇹 #Ethiopia, 🇳🇵 #Nepal, @NDCPartnership & @IRENA shared reflections on ambition, delivery & gaps holding back LDCs.Mixed progress, finance + implementation key!
#LDCs #NDCs
