PCD North-South: Monitoring of Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development in a North South Context – Finalization of the Conceptual Work
Policy coherence for development (PCD) calls for better coherence between aid and non-aid policies. PCD strives to ensure that a country’s domestic and foreign (non-aid) policies are consistent with, and support, development efforts. The underlying idea is that, in today’s interconnected economy, some domestic policies (for example, trade and fiscal policies) may have negative spillover effects on the development prospects of other countries. Building on the Methodology paper (Brugger and Batliner 2016; Brugger 2019) and the IFF Annex (Carbonnier et al 2016), the analysis first delimited the IFF policy domain. The delimitation of the policy domain was twofold: the analysis first identified the sectoral policies and frameworks with regard to IFFs (policy domain) and then focused on specific SDG targets and indicators related to IFFs (development policy domain). Once defined the boundaries of the IFF domain in terms of policy instruments and development objectives, we assessed how the policy objectives and instruments interact with development goals. We captured coherence conflicts and synergies in a matrix that juxtaposed policy instruments and development objectives. Finally, we established indicators to measure progress towards the defined coherence gaps and set a baseline to assess progress. The framework was tested for usefulness on six policy decisions taken in 2018 and 2019.
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