Least Developed Countries Report 2019

This report re-examines that dependence and contributes to development policy debates by showing the

linkages between development goals, structural transformation, sustainable development and human rights.

Human rights are scarcely mentioned in those debates, yet the connection is evidenced by the fact that both the

objectives of the Istanbul Programme of Action and the Sustainable Development Goals aim at the realization of

human rights in general and, specifically, of the right to development. While no single human right has ascendency

over the various other human rights, the realization of the right to development creates an enabling environment

for the realization of all human rights.