The international community should help LDCs to enhance their competitiveness through commodity diversification, improvement of their trade infrastructure and trade-supporting services, and human resource development. Moreover, the LDCs themselves have a responsibility, in the context of their macroeconomic policy, to overcome the problems of supply-side constraints, for example the issues of high tariffs and other restrictions. LDCs should also receive assistance to enable them to take an active part in negotiations which are part of the built-in agenda and take an active interest in the current debate on new issues. It was also underscored that, in the process of the negotiations on the built-in agenda, the special needs of LDCs should be taken into account. The need to continue to enhance and improve coordination and coherence among agencies involved in the implementation of the Integrated Framework was emphasized.
Civil society has an increasingly important role to play in enhancing socio-economic development.
The international community and, in particular, member States need to take effective measures to promote private enterprise and boost entrepreneurial activities in LDCs. The creation by LDCs of a favourable institutional and legal framework is an indispensable prerequisite in achieving that objective. International development partners, especially NGOs, could play a vital role in that regard by entering into meaningful relationships with national NGOs and the private sector in LDCs. All rights reserved.