Timothy A. Wise sat down with Triple Crisis blogger Mehdi Shafaeddin of the Institute of Economic Research at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, to discuss the political and economic challenges the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)are facing in the wake of the global economic crisis. Based on his South Centre report , Shafaeddin explains the potential negative impact of Europe’s Economic Partnership Agreements on LDCs’ policy space to respond to the crisis.