A/HRC/42/38 decide their own development priorities and their preferred methods of reaching those priorities. 8. With that foundational principle in mind, the present guidelines highlight the importance of participation as a basis for assessing the interests of rights holders and ensuring that those interests are met. Ensuring participation for the sake of realizing the right to development involves more than merely consulting individuals and communities; it implies meaningfully placing rights holders at the centre of decision-making affecting their own economic, social, cultural and political development. 9. Thus, the view that development is only an economic outcome is incomplete since it is possible for the development priorities of a population to remain unfulfilled despite economic growth. In fact, and as the Special Rapporteur has already noted, growth without attendant redistributive policies has been linked to inequality (A/HRC/39/51, para. 12). The regional consultations have also demonstrated that development should not be conceived as merely a sequential process whereby economic growth is sought to finance social policies. Rather, the right to development conceptualizes development as a holistic process requiring the input and involvement of diverse stakeholders, including States, international organizations, civil society, academia and the private sector, to achieve sustainable results. Good governance, a just and transparent rule of law and stable institutions that are transparent, responsive and accountable are necessary preconditions. 10. As the existence of peace or conflict is also relevant (Declaration on the Right to Development, art. 7), it is recommended that the right to development be integrated into discussions on disarmament and post-conflict reconstruction. Moreover, given the impact that the international environment has on realizing the right to development (arts. 3–4), it is important that United Nations agencies, international organizations and international financial institutions mainstream the right-to-development approach in their work. Rights holders should also have ownership over, and benefit equally from, initiatives aimed at achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Promoting a right-todevelopment approach to the Sustainable Development Goals would ensure that efforts taken to achieve the Goals are equitable, participatory, people-centred and nondiscriminatory. 11. Understanding that individuals and communities must drive the processes for their own development has implications for how development is financed. When viewed through the lens of the right to development, financing for development is not a concept based on charity, nor on the giving of resources in a manner guided by the motivations and visions of the donor. Rather, truly implementing the right to development of individuals and communities means financing the development priorities expressed by the recipients. Some international instruments and policy frameworks, notably the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, already incorporate this approach. The present guidelines seek to reinforce them. 12. Likewise, the monitoring and evaluation of national and international policies should be done in a specific way when it is done to assess whether the right to development has been or is being fulfilled. Under a right-to-development approach, outcomes and methodologies are assessed not only against universal measurements but also against context-specific ones, that is, keeping in mind whether the policies are effectively improving the well-being of “the human person” identified in the Declaration on the Right to Development. Furthermore, in cases where well-being is harmed, avenues of accountability should rectify those harms and any obstacles to accountability must be removed. 13. While in the following paragraphs elements of fulfilling the right to development are grouped under particular themes, the elements are, like all facets of the right to development, interdependent and indivisible (art. 9). 4