Resource Corner
In this document, the Committee on International Development concludes that there are are five steps on the path to policy coherence for development.
- Initial recognition of interdependence between issues, and objectives and policies relating to those issues, and hence the importance of policy coherence.
- Developing an understanding of the nature and strength of the relationship between issues.
- Specifying how in practice the rich world's policies impact upon developing countries; how, and to what extent, for instance, do the developed world's policies on migration impact upon developing countries?
- Assessing what scope there is for enhancing policy coherence for development by balancing or harmonising competing or complementary interests.
- Modifying the objectives, or policies designed to work towards those objectives, to ensure that they take full account of likely developmental impacts and are as coherent as possible.
The annex includes an interview with Robert Picciotto.
[House of Commons International Development Committee (2005) 'The Commission for Africa and Policy Coherence for Development: First do no harm' London: House of Commons]