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AITIC + CUTS
Preparing for UN – LDC IVLDCs: Trade and Development Challenges
May 18, 2010“Reflections on Ways of Responding to LDCs Challenges: Overview”
H. E. Dr Mothae A Maruping Mission of the Kingdom of Lesotho
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BPOASUCCESS OR FAILURE
BPOA MIXED BAG: SOME PROGRESS IN LDCs, MORE IN SOME THAN IN OTHERS
ONLY 3 LDCs GRADUATING ( CAPE VERDE, SAMOA, MALDIVES)
SO NOT EFFECTIVE ENOUGH TO BEAR CONVINCING RESULTS
NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTED (DOSAGE, TIMING, SEQUENCING)
NO RIGOROUS MONITORING AND EVALUATION MECHANISM
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BACKGROUND: SERIES OF CRISESIN LDCs: CHALLENGES
• UNSUSTAINABLE LEVELS OF DEBT• COMMODITIES PRICES• FOOD PRICES • ENERGY PRICES• GLOBAL FINANCIAL & ECONOMIC CRISES• CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS
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SERIES OF CRISES:THEIR CONSEQUENCES
• ODA Levels Jeopardised• FDI Flows (slowed or halted or reversed)• Remittances flows declined• Net Export Revenues dropped• Domestically mobilised resources declined
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SERIES OF CRISES:FURTHER CONSEQUENCES
• Increased bankruptcies• Worsening external current account• Jeopardised External Reserves• Public Revenue base strained• Intensified threat of rising fiscal deficits• Looming danger of relapse into unsustainable
levels of debt
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SERIES OF CRISES:IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE CONSEQUENCES
• Rising unemployment• Spreading and deepening poverty• Compromising of social safety nets• Unmet or partially met commitments by
development partners• Slowed pace and frustrated efforts towards
achievement of MDGs
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UN LDCs IV:TACKLING ENORMOUS CHALLENGES AHEAD
WHAT IS REQUIRED:o Solid Programme with specificso Ownership by LDCso Firm Commitmentso Genuine Team-work and working partnershipso Recognition & accommodation of differenceso Prioritisation (not everything about everything)
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PROCESS:GENUINE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROGRAMME
Genuine consultation of stakeholders:• Thorough consultation of the stakeholders• Process must be inclusive and participatory (relevant arms of
government, private sector and civil society)• Process must be transparent
REAL LDCs OWNERSHIP AND NOT PRETENCE
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PROCESS:TEAM WORK AND PARTNERSHIPS
In assisting LDCs in the Process Agencies should assume true team-work and refrain from usual competition:
• Politically correct: Profession of collaboration – e.g. clusters
• Reality: Competition
• Desirable: Complementarity – synergies (adhere to TORs)Working Partnerships would yield convincing programme(LDCs, Developing and Developed Partner Countries and
Agencies)
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PROCESS:SEQUENCING
• Technical work must precede political work in order to lay strong foundation
• There has been a tendency to rush to the political level before thorough technical work
[ e.g. Satisfactory review of BPOA and mapping of way forward]
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PROCESS:COORDINATION
• Need for Co-ordination within LDCs among Working Groups Capital based New York based Geneva based Groups where other major international
organisations are located
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CONTENT:PRIORITISATION
THE PROGRAMME SHOULD NOT TRY TO BE EVERYTHING AND ABOUT EVERYTHING
PRIORITISATION OF CRITICAL AREAS SHOULD YIELD BETTER RESULTS THAN BPOA
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CONTENT:SPECIFICS
PROGRAMME SHOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY SPECIFIC (AVOID GENERALITIES):
PERHAPS THERE COULD BE:• OUTCOME DOCUMENT (ISTANBULL);• DOCUMENTS SPECIFYING STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMME OF
ACTION • PROGRAMME OF ACTION SHOULD SPELL OUT CONCRETELY: WHAT? HOW? BY WHOM? WITH WHAT? WHEN? WHY? AND INCLUDE RISK ANALYSIS
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CONTENT:DIFFERENT FEATURES OF LDCs
LDCs ECONOMIES DIFFER: Programme should accommodate uniqueness:
• Anatomy (i.e. structure)• Physiology (i.e. functioning)• History (historical experiences)Some are: Post conflict but resource endowed Size of the population Already more advanced relatively than others and are growing at
different rates Landlocked
AMPLE POLICY SPACE IS NEEDED
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CONTENT:CRITERIA AND TIME FRAME
• Classification criteria: could be revisited
• Timeframe of the Programme: could be reconsidered
Should it continue to be 10 years (5yrs x 2) Or 12 years (4years x 3) with thorough review every 4 years
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CONTENT:MONITORING AND EVALUATION
TO BE MEANINGFUL THE NEW PROGRAMME SHOULD CONTAIN:
CLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK
MONITORING AND EVALUATION MECHANISM
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IMPLEMENTATION:WORKING PARTNERSHIPS
WORKING PARTNERSHIPS SUCH AS THAT OF EIF ARE ESSENTIAL:
LDCsDEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AS
LDCs DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSAGENCIESWITHIN LDCs: • Government• Private Sector• Civil Society
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IMPLEMENTATION:LEVEL OF COMMITMENT
ALL PLAYERS SHOULD BE MORE COMMITTED THAN UNDER BPOA:
THIS IS MANIFESTED BY FAITHFUL FULFILLMENT OF PROMISES AND REALISATION OF PLEDGES MADE BY ALL PARTNERS RIGHT THROUGH THE PROGRAMME
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IMPLEMENTATION:FACTORS TO PAY ATTENTION TO
THE NEW PROGRAMME SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO:
GENDER
YOUTH
ENVIRONMENT
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FINANCING OF THE PROGRAMME• ODA – ADDITIONAL AND HIGH QUALITY (SEPARATE
FROM AFT AND EIF FOR LDCs) MINIMAL CONDITIONALITIES
• FDI – CREATE NECESSARY CONDITIONS• REMITTANCES – FACILITATE MODE IV• MOBILISATION OF DOMESTIC RESOURCES• DEBT RELIEF• SPECIAL PACKAGES BY GLOBAL AND REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS (WITH MINIMAL CONDITIONALITIES)
• PRUDENT FISCAL, MONETARY & EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES
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TRADE:LOCOMOTIVE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
GRANT WHAT LDCs REQUEST UNDER DDA (S & D):o DFQF MAo ROOso NTBso DELAYED PREFERENCE EROSIONo TFo SERVICES WAIVERo ACCESSION (FOR THOSE LDCs STILL IN THE PROCESS)
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PRODUCTIVE CAPACITIESIN ORDER TO TRADE THERE HAS TO BE PRODUCTION (THAT TO
BE TRADED HAS TO BE PRODUCED): DEVELOP ENABLING ENVIRONMENT:• EFFECTIVE STATE INSTITUTIONS• GOOD GOVENANCE AND RULE OF LAW• PHYSICAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER UNIDO’s COMPETE, COMPLY, CONNECT (CCC)• SMEs DEVELOPMENT• PPPs• DIVERSIFICATION ( FOR CUSHIONING & RESILIENCE)• VALUE CHAINS • ETC,
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STRATEGIES FOR VIABILITY
• REGIONAL INTEGRATION
• SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION TO SUPPLEMENT NORTH – SOUTH COOPERATION
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION
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