This collection of think pieces was compiled by the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN?OHRLLS).
LLDCs Publications
02 August 2025
The 32 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) face a unique set of vulnerabilities to climate change due to their geographic circumstances, structural economic challenges, and limited mitigation and adaptation capacities.
02 August 2025
This report reviews developmental trends in Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), evaluating progress in the priority areas of the Vienna Programme of Action (VPoA) and estimating the economic cost of landlockedness.
02 August 2025
Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) face structural challenges with transport and trade processes that contribute to high logistical costs on trade. This report develops a dataset on unit logistics costs measured in $/ton, disaggregated by origin, destination, commodity, and mode of transport, as the basis of a comparative analysis of LLDC logistics costs relative to other economies.
16 July 2025
SDG7 POLICY BRIEFS IN SUPPORT OF THE UN HLPF 2025
30 May 2024
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20 February 2024
The Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) prepared?this comprehensive roadmap for the accelerated implementation of the Doha Programme of Action?PDF(DPoA) for the Least Developed
30 November 2023
The SDG7 Policy Briefs are developed in support of the High-level Political Forum which this year will review progress and action needed on SDG7.
18 October 2022
This report outlines a number of possible actions for LLDCs to advance the adoption of renewable energy and harness related socio-economic and environmental benefits. The report concludes that the world is likely to fail to achieve the SDG 7 target of 100 percent access to electricity by 2030, despite notable progress in electrification being recorded over the last decade.
28 September 2022
Empowering women from LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS in deep-sea research Report was commissioned as part of the activities under the Women in Deep-Sea Research (WIDSR) project implemented by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in partnership with the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States