Leaving No One Behind: Statelessness and the Sustainable Development Goals 4. How can statelessness be integrated into development programming? 46 4.1 Do no harm: impact assessments and risk mitigation 47 4.2 Identification and inclusion: recognizing the importance of statelessness 48 Inclusion of stateless persons 48 Better data on statelessness 50 Integration of statelessness into national development plans 54 4.3 Addressing root causes: prevention and reduction of statelessness 57 Legal and procedural reform for the prevention of statelessness 57 Rule of law: legal assistance and independent oversight 58 Legal identity 59 Reduction of statelessness: outreach to stateless populations 62 5. Recommendations 63 Annex: resources on statelessness 67 5