| Overview : The Report on ‘Emerging Opportunities and Risks of the LDCs Graduation in Africa in the context of the SDGs’ will provide intellectually independent, empirically grounded analysis of opportunities, risks and challenges facing African LDCs, including the implication of these risks in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report will propose pragmatic recommendations, policies, and strategic actions on plausible ways to overcome risks and accelerate the graduation process for African LDCs. The specific objectives of the report are to: - Examine the process involved in LDCs graduation with a view to determining opportunities to revise this process;
- Review existing opportunities for LDC graduation in Africa;
- Examine the incentive structures and determine the extent to which these countries benefited from these incentives
- Understand the challenges current LD face towards graduation and examine key factors holding them back from the graduation process;
- Examine the risks countries on the graduation threshold face; and
- Provide practical suggestions on how such risks could be substantially minimized or eliminated - and opportunities maximized - for both non-graduating and graduating countries.
UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa (RBA) is at the technical production stage of the report, using comprehensive research and analysis from a pre-existing (zero) draft report which benefitted from desk research, country surveys from a select number of countries, and broad consultations with representatives of African LDCs on the subject. The service of a technical writer is needed to support the final technical production and drafting of the report from 2 March 2020 to 27 March 2020 and will be expected to carry out the following tasks: • Prepare a consolidated draft report to the complete ‘Emerging Opportunities and Risks of the LDCs Graduation in Africa in the context of the SDGs’ using the technical inputs from the (zero) draft report, country survey reports, and any other available reports on the subject to produce a more streamlined, coherent and policy-oriented report - Revise the final report to ensure the report responds well to the guidance provided by the UNDP RBA Chief Economist who will act as a task manager.
- Collaborate with the editor, designer and translators to produce a printready draft report
- Create key messages and policy notes as tools to aid in report dissemination, advocacy and policy dialogue.
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