1. Exploring the Post-2015 Development Agenda from Southern Perspectives. - I: Overarching Issues of the Post-2015 Agenda . - 2. The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Favourable Enough to Africans? Ibrahima Hathie . - 3. Alternatives for Development or Alternatives to Development? Mireya Anabell...

Bangladesh moving out of the LDC group : looking through the issues / Debapriya Bhattacharya and Sarah Sabin Khan -- The LDC paradigm, graduation and Bangladesh : concepts, comparison and policy / Debapriya Bhattacharya and Sarah Sabin Khan -- Structural transformation of Bangladesh economy :...

'Country ownership' continues to grow more as an idealized requirement than an operational concept for effective development co-operation. Provider countries often shy away from taking onboard recipient countries' development priorities, public financial management and procurement systems,...

With the ongoing customs reforms in Bangladesh, the possible future negotiations on trade facilitation in the WTO will have a profound impact on Bangladesh, as well as on other LDC and developing countries. These countries will benefit greatly from new trade facilitation initiatives....

From the creation of the category in 1971, the number of least developed countries (LDCs) has almost doubled to account for 48 members by 2011. Only three countries have managed to exit from the category thus far, and two more are in the pipeline. The recognition of the difficulty of leaving the...