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News
CSO Strategy Meeting : 2020 and Beyond
Civil society members gathered in the CSO Strategic Meeting organized by LDC Watch on 19 and 20 June 2018. The meeting deliberated on the roles of different stakeholders in the development process of LDCs and the challenges faced by them. The meeting has produced a CSO Strategic Paper that aims at developing a common position and strategy of CSOs spread across 47 LDCs on the matters of common interest. It draws the future course of action after 2018...National Consultation on Role of Private Sector in Public Services to Achieve SDGs Organised
Kathmandu, May 30 2018
A National Consultation on the “Roles and Responsibilities of Private Sector in Public Services for Achieving SDGs in Nepal” was jointly organised by LDC Watch, South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE), and Resource Centre for Primary Health Care (RECPHEC). The Consultation aimed at fostering a meaningful discussion on the possible cooperation between the government, private sector, and civil society for...
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Statements
Statement by Mr. Gauri Pradhan, International Coordinator, LDC Watch at Reality of Aid Global Assembly and CSO Strategy Meeting on Development Assistance Committee (DAC) on Aid, Peace and Security
Reality of Aid Global Assembly and CSO Strategy Meeting on Development Assistance Committee (DAC) onAid, Peace and Security13-15 September 2017, Paris, France Respected Chair,Honourable Chief Guest,Distinguished Delegates,Ladies and Gentlemen! We are standing here against the backdrop of the 2016 Development Assistance Committee (DAC) High Level Meeting decision to revise the reporting directives of Official Development Assistance (ODA) on...
Statement by Gauri Pradhan, International Coordinator of LDC Watch, delivered at the International Conference on Private Education and Human Right
International Conference on Private Education and Human RightSeptember 7, 2017Kathmandu Nepal Ladies and Gentlemen, This is my prime pleasure to be a part of this very important international conference on privatization of education and human rights. I thank you to the organisers for giving me an opportunity to share my thoughts on the theme and extend my message of solidarity to its grand success. As we all know education is the process of...
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Press Release
LDC Watch Calls for Better Trade Terms for LDCs in the MC11
Kathmandu, 12 December 2017
The 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) of World Trade Organisation (WTO), which will see the gathering of officials from 164 member countries, has convened in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 10 to 13 December 2017. A wide number of agenda that carry specific concern to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) including agriculture domestic support, Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM), Public Stockholding (PSH), fisheries...
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LDC Watch in Media
Sustainable graduation the key for Pacific Least Developed countries
By PIANGO, March 15, 2018 Lack of financial security and economic stability is a major contribution to the countries being classed as Least Developed. Head of the Pacific Office for United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Iosefa Maiava said that strengthening this would enable the Least Developed Countries to graduate or move ahead from where they are. “The way the economy operates and maintains itself...
Energy for all
- Gauri Pradhan
Most least developed countries (LDCs), including Nepal, have ample potential for renewable and clean energy. But they seldom tap that potential. Consequently, 70 percent of the 900 million people living in the 48 least LDCs have limited access to energy. In other words, citizens of seven out of 10 LDCs do not have electricity in their homes.
Women and children spend hours collecting fuel for cooking, building fire, fetching...
