Dhaka, Sept. 22 -- PM's Finance and Planning Adviser Dr. Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir has stressed that graduation and sustainable graduation are different, saying that LDC graduation should strengthen, rather than constrain, a country's development trajectory.

He made the remarks at the LDC-GIF Mechanism Introduction & High-Level Dialogue at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monday.

Dr. Titumir said graduating countries continue to face structural impediments and limited productive capacity, compounded by geopolitical conflicts, supply-chain disruptions, trade uncertainty, inflation and domestic shocks.

He emphasised that graduation must therefore be supported by adequate measures to ensure a smooth, sustainable and irreversi...