The purpose of this occasional policy papers series, published by the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States?(UN-OHRLLS), is to analyse policy issues relating to the development of the least developed countries (LDCs), stimulate discussions and promote international cooperation.
Publications
01 June 2017
03 May 2017
This report makes a clear case that there is an urgency in accelerating access?to clean, affordable and reliable energy in all of the LDCs, and that this will only?happen if governments, investors, donors and the private sector work together to unlock investment.
01 May 2017
The case of Rwanda //
01 April 2017
One year after the Comprehensive High-level Midterm Review of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA), progress towards its?implementation has continued but there is the need to further accelerate actions in order to meet the agreed targets.
31 March 2017
The first five years of the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) coincided with the last five years of the MDGs. The next five years will be the second half of the implementation of the IPoA and the first five years of the 2030 Agenda, which includes the SDGs.
30 March 2017
Progress towards meeting the goals and targets of the IPoA has been mixed. Over the past five years, continued progress by the LDCs towards graduation from the category – which is one of the overarching goals of the IPoA – could be observed, with 10 LDCs currently at some stage in the graduation process. Furthermore important strides were?made towards several goals and targets.
29 March 2017
Being at the midpoint of the implementation of the IPoA, the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries?and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS) invited LDCs to review the status of the implementation of the IPoA at the national level and to highlight among others, lessons learned, challenges faced (including new and emerging cha
28 March 2017
The Least Developed Countries?(LDCs) constitute the poorest?segment of humanity. They are also?the most vulnerable countries and?those with the lowest stock of human?and physical capital.
27 March 2017
This document sets out a comprehensive set of recommendations that have been, or could be, made by the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group to the UN Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG-SDGs), as well as a detailed justification for recommendations of greatest relevance and importance to LDCs.
26 March 2017
The comprehensive high-level mid-term review of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), held from 27-29 May, 2016 in Antalya, Turkey, is an opportunity to review the progress achieved by the LDCs’ in meeting their development priorities.