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8TH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

8TH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

Session I: High-Level Panel on

progress made on structural economic transformation in LDCs

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• verview
• UNIDO and the IPoA
• activities in LDCs
• results, lessons and good practices
• towards the next Programme of Action

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UNIDO’s mandate

Inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID)

• every country achieves a higher level of industrialization and benefits from

the globalization of markets for industrial goods and services;

• no one is left behind: industrial growth must bring prosperity to women

and men, to rural communities as well as urban dwellers;

• broader economic and social growth is supported within an

environmentally sustainable framework;

• knowledge and resources of development actors are combined to

maximize the development impact of ISID.

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resources

policy, research and statistics

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why structural economic transformation ?

• almost all modern industrial economies benefitted from

structural transformation

• strengthening and diversifying productive capacity and

improving the contribution of industry help LDCs achieve development goals UNIDO assists LDCs through analytical and policy advisory services, institutional capacity building and technical cooperation activities to enhance the contribution of industry to national socio-economic progress

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IPoA Priority Areas

projects in LDCs align to at least one IPoA priority area across four thematic areas, UNIDO today implements in LDCs 183 projects for a budget of $240m

Creating Shared Prosperity Safeguarding the Environment Strengthening Knowledge and Institutions Advancing Economic Competitiveness Productive Capacity Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development Trade Commodities Human and Social Development Multiple Crises and other Emerging Challenges Mobilizing Financial Resources Good Governance at all Levels

UNIDO and IPoA

UNIDO Thematic Areas

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projects in LDCs 2012-2019

number of projects value in USD

• ther

countries LDCs 460 (34%) 911 (66%) $306m (28%) $796m (72%)

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results, lessons and good practices

UNIDO is currently undertaking a results, lessons and good practices review of its LDC-focused work since 2012, in order to:

• contribute to the monitoring and review of the IPoA;
• support preparations for the Fifth UN Conference on LDCs;
• improve UNIDO’s own strategy.

The following examples demonstrate how UNIDO contributes to the IPoA Priority Areas. They highlight positive results and lessons that can improve future initiatives.

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Productive Capacity Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development Trade Commodities Human and Social Development Multiple Crises and other Emerging Challenges Mobilizing Financial Resources Good Governance at all Levels

Cambodia: Reducing GHGs through improved energy efficiency in industry

Results

• for participating institutions, the project-demonstrated measures

delivered an average of 5% cost savings and reduced annual emissions by over 43,000 tCO2eq.

• a ‘snowball’ effect was triggered: competitors of project

participants also adopted the project-demonstrated measures in

• rder to maintain competitiveness.

Lessons

• for long term sustainability of project results, key government

ministries need to take more ownership in the project.

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Productive Capacity Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development Trade Commodities Human and Social Development Multiple Crises and other Emerging Challenges Mobilizing Financial Resources Good Governance at all Levels

Benin: Strengthening productive and trade capacities

Results

• technical support delivered tangible productivity increases: output

rises by 300% at local clothing company; losses for local fish- farming enterprise shrink from 60% to under 15%.

• domestic capacity for the provision of technical business support

has been developed, with 35 consultants trained through the project and actively advising Benin enterprises. Lessons

• business support services cannot be designed ‘externally’: they

need to be developed with and led by national support structures and the domestic private sector.

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Productive Capacity Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development Trade Commodities Human and Social Development Multiple Crises and other Emerging Challenges Mobilizing Financial Resources Good Governance at all Levels

Results

• skills development delivered through these short projects led to a

growth in income and/or an increase in work opportunities for the majority of participants.

• in Somalia, participants were less likely to join local armed groups

as a direct result of the project training and conflict resolution activities. Lessons

• in short-term project plans, expectations are often too optimistic:

for example, meaningful, sustainable institutional capacity development cannot be delivered within a one-year period.

Liberia, Somalia, South Sudan: Training of refugees and youth

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Tanzania: Industrial statistics capacity-building

Productive Capacity Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development Trade Commodities Human and Social Development Multiple Crises and other Emerging Challenges Mobilizing Financial Resources Good Governance at all Levels

Results

• the work strengthened cross-government analytical capacity to

formulate evidence-based industrial policies and strategies that support industrial growth.

• institutional capacities developed through the work supported the

formulation of the country’s five-year Development Plan. Lessons

• the positive results arose through multiple UNIDO projects being

delivered coherently ‘as one’.

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Productive Capacity Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development Trade Commodities Human and Social Development Multiple Crises and other Emerging Challenges Mobilizing Financial Resources Good Governance at all Levels

Gambia, Tanzania: Renewable energy mini-grids

Results

• the Gambia project directly supported the development of the

national Renewable Energy Law, as well as a standard Power Purchasing Agreement (including a Feed-In-Tariff).

• the Tanzania project raised awareness of and mobilized domestic

resources available from the Rural Energy Agency. Lessons

• projects build awareness of existing domestic initiatives and

resources and facilitate support for and access to those resources. The result is good for the beneficiaries and end-users as well as for the national authorities looking to promote their own work.

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Productive Capacity Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development Trade Commodities Human and Social Development Multiple Crises and other Emerging Challenges Mobilizing Financial Resources Good Governance at all Levels

Sudan: Recovery of coastal livelihoods – modernisation of artisanal fisheries

Results

• physical and market infrastructure improvements have strengthened

the involvement of coastal communities in the value chain and, as a result, their income-generating opportunities.

• the project changed the way fisheries’ resources were utilised,

modernising the industry and providing a clear road map. Lessons

• focus on women empowerment was central, integrating women into

the general economic life of their communities. As a result, more than 90% of women increased their income and their contribution to the broader welfare of their households and communities.

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Productive Capacity Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development Trade Commodities Human and Social Development Multiple Crises and other Emerging Challenges Mobilizing Financial Resources Good Governance at all Levels

Ethiopia: Programme for Country Partnership (PCP)

Activities

• working with the Government to identify national industrial

development priority sectors, areas and actions;

• building multi-stakeholder partnerships around these priorities;
• mobilizing large-scale domestic and international, public and

private investment to implement these priorities.

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Results

• the PCP has supported the mobilization of resources for priority

sectors, including from the Ethiopian government. Lessons

• from the outset, the PCP has received strong government ownership.
• the PCP oversight structure cuts across institutional divides to

incorporate all stakeholders. This has served to focus partnership- building and improve the coordination of donor inputs and resources.

Productive Capacity Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development Trade Commodities Human and Social Development Multiple Crises and other Emerging Challenges Mobilizing Financial Resources Good Governance at all Levels

Ethiopia: Programme for Country Partnership (PCP)

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moving towards the PCP model

• a programme to support a country in achieving its long-term ISID goals;
• anchored in a strong analytical framework – the country diagnostic;
• tailored to country needs, aligned with the national development agenda and
• wned by the host government;
• focused on a selected number of priority sectors or areas;
• founded on a multi-stakeholder partnership to ensure synergy and maximize

impact;

• delivers an integrated service package by combining UNIDO’s advisory and

normative services, technical assistance and convening function;

• aims to unlock public and private investment in selected priority industrial

sectors.

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• UNIDO’s strategy and work – and ISID more broadly – are aligned with IPoA;
• UNIDO’s main contribution is to the IPoA Priority Areas of productive capacity, human

and social development, and multiple crises (climate change and environmental sustainability);

• sustainability is enhanced when initiatives strengthen policy, legislation, regulation;
• trend towards multi-stakeholder partnership approaches, based on strong analytical

and long term policy foundations and driven by national governments.

conclusions

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thank you for your attention

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