Kiribatiʼs graduation from Least Developed Country status: An analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

IF 1.4 3区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI:10.1002/app5.380

Edoardo Monaco, Masato Abe

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The Pacific Small Island Developing State (SIDS) of Kiribati has met the formal, minimal criteria for graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category of the United Nations on multiple occasions from 2003 to 2018. Nevertheless, in light of both structural, long-standing constraints and severe more recent challenges – such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the exacerbation of the climate crisis – that past assessments took into only partial consideration, the country still appears, at present, unready to lose the support measures that come with the LDC inclusion and to graduate, once and for all, with sustained “momentum.” The analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats conducted in this paper suggests the need to further delay any decisions on graduation until more holistic, thorough readiness assessments can be conducted on the basis of new, additional indicators closely reflecting the full range of vulnerabilities that Kiribati, and other similar SIDS, currently face.

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基里巴斯摆脱最不发达国家地位：优势、劣势、机遇和威胁分析

从 2003 年到 2018 年，太平洋小岛屿发展中国家基里巴斯已多次达到脱离联合国最不发达国家类别的正式最低标准。然而，鉴于长期存在的结构性制约因素和近期的严峻挑战--如 COVID-19 大流行病、俄乌冲突和气候危机的加剧--过去的评估仅考虑了部分因素，基里巴斯目前似乎仍未做好准备，失去最不发达国家类别所带来的支持措施，并以持续的 "势头 "一劳永逸地毕业。本文件对优势、劣势、机遇和威胁的分析表明，有必要进一步推迟关于毕业的任何决定，直到可以根据密切反映基里巴斯和其他类似小岛屿发展中国家目前面临的各种脆弱性的新指标，进行更全面、更彻底的准备就绪评估。

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Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies AREA STUDIES-

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期刊介绍： Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies is the flagship journal of the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University. It is a peer-reviewed journal that targets research in policy studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific, across a discipline focus that includes economics, political science, governance, development and the environment. Specific themes of recent interest include health and education, aid, migration, inequality, poverty reduction, energy, climate and the environment, food policy, public administration, the role of the private sector in public policy, trade, foreign policy, natural resource management and development policy. Papers on a range of topics that speak to various disciplines, the region and policy makers are encouraged. The goal of the journal is to break down barriers across disciplines, and generate policy impact. Submissions will be reviewed on the basis of content, policy relevance and readability.