Project Info
Project Code
1415AW
Tranche
T09A
Tranche Type
Residual
Status
Closed
Title
Supporting small island developing States in their efforts to build economic resilience
Entities
Implementing Entity (Lead)
UNCTAD
Collaborating DA Entities
DESA
Financial and Evaluation Info
Total Budget
$488,000.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No
Countries and Regions
Areas of Work
MDG
8
Thematic Clusters
Macroeconomics and Finance
Brief Description
The project aims to strengthen, through technical assistance, the capacity of six small island developing States (Kiribati, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu) that are also on the list of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to enhance their economic resilience and achieve structural progress toward graduation from LDC status. These States have shown interest in benefiting, or continuing to benefit, from UNCTAD's cooperation in this area.
Objective and Expected Outcomes
Objective
To help six SIDS in the Atlantic Ocean, the Timor Sea and the South Pacific region to enhance their capacity to build economic resilience and to make the challenge of graduation from Least Developed Country status an opportunity to increase chances of structural transformation
Expected Outcome 1
Enhanced understanding, among policy makers and other government officials in beneficiary countries, of the various dimensions and policy implications of economic vulnerability and resilience-building
Expected Outcome 2
Increased understanding, among public officials in benefiting countries, of ways to enhance the competitiveness of existing economic sectors, and to make viable diversification into new sectors possible
Expected Outcome 3
Strengthened capacity, among government officials in recipient countries, to develop and pursue a strategy of