On April 17, 2025, the Permanent Mission of Nepal, as Chair of the Least Developed Country Group (LDCs), and Project Starling convened a retreat for LDC Ambassadors and experts. Representatives from 22 of the 44 LDCs and UN experts participated in the day-long session .

Timed less than three months before the Fourth Financing for Development (FfD4) conference in Seville, Spain, the retreat aimed to help clarify this group’s collective development finance priorities and how best to achieve them. This summary synthesizes inputs from the presentations, discussions, and participant feedback gathered throughout the retreat. Discussions were held off-the-record.