One of the principal motivations of the human rights movement leading up to the formulation of the right to development as a human right was establishing equity and empowerment in international economic transactions between developed and developing countries.
逐渐导致把发展权作为人权予以拟订的人权运动，其主要动机之一是在发达国家与发展中国家之间国际经济事务中确立公平和授权。