This fifth report on the State of the LDCs is?a call to action. The report assesses progress in achieving the goals and targets of the Istanbul Programme of Action and then focuses on what has to happen to reduce vulnerability and building resilience in the LDCs.?
Publications
04 September 2018
11 July 2017
SIDS In Numbers: Biodiversity and Oceans (2017) outlines the scope of biodiversity and its immense value across the three geographical regions that form the?SIDS group. This edition also aims to highlight threats to biodiversity and present examples of strategies and initiatives to help to counteract these threats and mitigate damage.
01 June 2017
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.
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 ¨C which is one of the overarching goals of the IPoA ¨C 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.