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Bangladesh's Pursuit of the 2030 Agenda: Will It Facilitate Smooth Transition after LDC Graduation?

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  • Fahmida Khatun
  • Shahida Pervin
  • Md. Masudur Rahman

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Bangladesh will cross a number of milestones during its implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which outlines the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), over the 2016–30 period. The fi¬rst fi¬ve years of the SDGs coincide with the last ¬five years of implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) for the least developed countries (LDCs) for the 2011–20 period, which aims to halve the number of LDCs by 2020. Bangladesh is expected to become eligible for graduation at the 2018 triennial review of the Committee for Development Policy of the United Nations Economic and Social Council given its progress in gross national income (GNI) per capita and the Human Assets Index (HAI). It has been emphasised that LDCs need to graduate with momentum in order to avoid the pitfalls of the post-graduation phase. Development of productive capacities and structural transformation have been identified as key factors for graduation (UNCTAD, 2016). On the face of it, Bangladesh’s e orts towards implementation of the SDGs may facilitate graduation since several objectives of the IPoA and the SDGs have commonalities (UN-OHRLLS, 2016). Many of the SDGs are also similar to Bangladesh's objectives for the medium term outlined in its Seventh Five Year Plan (7FYP) for 2016–20 period. Thus, as Bangladesh works towards fulfilling its objectives through national policies, e orts may also help achieve several SDGs. This policy brief reviews the linkages between the SDGs and LDC graduation criteria as well as the IPoA. It also examines how Bangladesh's national policies are informed by the SDGs and LDC graduation process and offers policy recommendations for smooth transition.

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  • Fahmida Khatun & Shahida Pervin & Md. Masudur Rahman, 2018. "Bangladesh's Pursuit of the 2030 Agenda: Will It Facilitate Smooth Transition after LDC Graduation?," CPD Policy Brief 5, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
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