Section outline

  • Monday, 26 March 2007: Building productive capacities in LDCs as a means to reduce poverty

    Location: Room H3, Building C, 3rd floor

    High and sustained rates of economic growth are a crucial prerequisite for sustainable poverty reduction.

    The course will therefore focus on the challenge of achieving such rates of growth in poor developing countries. In this context, it will discuss:

    1. key elements of productive capacities
    2. means to develop these capacities
    3. factors that constrain their development

    Amongst the foremost constraints on productive capacities that will be addressed during this course are weak infrastructure (including electricity and transport networks), weak institutions (including banks and business-support institutions) and weak demand (including both internal and external demand).

    The course will draw on the analysis contained in UNCTAD LDC reports. As the topic has implications for policy-making by both LDC Governments and donor countries, the course is designed for delegates of LDCs and their development partners.

    Delivered by: Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes