The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) organised a two-day Trade and Development Symposium on LDCs in Istanbul, Turkey during the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (UN LDC IV). The Symposium was convened in collaboration with International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva; OECD Development Centre, Paris; Commonwealth Secretariat and the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) on 10-11 May 2011. Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow; Professor Mustafizur Rahman, Executive Director and Dr Fahmida Khatun, Head of Research of CPD participated in the discussions at various sessions of the event.