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The Rise of Policy Coherence for Development: A Multi-Causal Approach

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  • Joren Verschaeve

    (Ghent University, Gent, Belgium)

  • Sarah Delputte

    (Ghent University, Gent, Belgium)

  • Jan Orbie

    (Ghent University, Gent, Belgium)

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In recent years policy coherence for development (PCD) has become a key principle in international development debates, and it is likely to become even more relevant in the discussions on the post-2015 sustainable development goals. This article addresses the rise of PCD on the Western donors’ aid agendas. Although the concept had already appeared in the work of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the early 1990s, it was not until 2007 that PCD became one of the Organisation’s key priorities. We adopt a complexity-sensitive perspective, involving a process-tracing analysis and a multi-causal explanatory framework. We argue that the rise of PCD is not as contingent as it looks. While actors such as the EU, the DAC and the OECD Secretariat were the ‘active causes’ of the rise of PCD, it is equally important to look at the underlying ‘constitutive causes’ that enabled policy coherence to thrive.

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  • Joren Verschaeve & Sarah Delputte & Jan Orbie, 2016. "The Rise of Policy Coherence for Development: A Multi-Causal Approach," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 28(1), pages 44-61, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:eurjdr:v:28:y:2016:i:1:p:44-61
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    1. Jan Orbie & Sarah Delputte & Fabienne Bossuyt & Petra Debusscher & Karen Del Biondo & Vicky Reynaert & Joren Verschaeve, 2017. "The Normative Distinctiveness of the European Union in International Development: Stepping Out of the Shadow of the World Bank?," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 35(4), pages 493-511, July.
    2. Joren Verschaeve & Jan Orbie, 2018. "Ignoring the elephant in the room? Assessing the impact of the European Union on the Development Assistance Committee's role in international development," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 36(S1), pages 44-58, March.
    3. Alexandra Berger, 2022. "Development as non‐migration? Examining normative and policy coherence in EU external action on migration and development," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 40(S1), June.

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