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OECD countries recognise the need for greater coherence in policies across sectors that affect developing countries. Aid alone cannot address the needs of the developing world. Policies in areas like agriculture, trade, investment, migration and others have a profound impact on developing countries, yet they often work at cross-purposes. An OECD initiative on policy coherence for development explores ways to ensure that government policies are mutually supportive of the countries' development goals. (more)
www.oecd.org/development/policycoherence
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23-Oct-2008
It is important to analyse which factors contribute to better achievement of policy coherence for development (PCD) and what constitute the major challenges. Better understanding of the conditions needed for the success of PCD helps to draw strategic lessons for future work.
Policy coherence for development has been an integral part of the DAC peer reviews since 2002. This report synthesises the PCD results of DAC peer reviews up until 2007. For progress beyond 2007, please visit www.oecd.org/dac/peerreviews.
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30-Sep-2008
The fishing sector is a key concern in conserving our common but scarce global resources. It is vital for millions of people in developing countries, providing livelihoods, nutrition and protein, especially to the poorest. It is also a reserve of wealth for economic growth and development. The mismanagement, degradation and over-exploitation of many fish stocks throughout the world are of paramount concern.
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03-Jul-2008
Africa has made progress but faces enormous challenges. How to promote sustainable economic growth, how to build sound governance systems, how to tackle the challenge of climate change. Many of the challenges are the same as those that have confronted OECD governments for decades. It is in this context that the OECD’s long-standing involvement in Africa has been deepened.
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12-Jun-2008
On the occasion of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris on 4-5 June 2008, Ministers adopted the OECD Declaration on Policy Coherence for Development (PCD).
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22-Sep-2008
Agriculture plays a central role in economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries. Although aid remains an important driver for development, including rural development, mutually supportive policies across a wide range of economic, social and environmental issues are needed to support development and poverty reduction.
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on 21-Feb-2008
What benefits would the Internet bring to the developing world? And what impact would the arrival of several billion new users have on the Internet as we know it today? Click here to read the questions and answers from this online debate with OECD economist Sam Paltridge.
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13-Feb-2008
This report presents outcomes of a study, conducted by the OECD Fisheries Policies Division, in partnership with the SWAC and ENDA Diapol/REPAO, which takes a developing country perspective on the issue of policy coherence in fisheries. The aim of the study is to apply the OECD policy coherence for development analytical framework to the fisheries situation within a regional African context.
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Advocates of policy coherence stress the systematic promotion of opportunities to create synergies towards achieving particular objectives in different policy domains. For objectives concerning economic development and the environment, policy coherence would involve avoiding policies that serve to provide a short-term boost to growth, but at the cost of environmental damage that would be (predictably) regretted in the long term.
Reconciling Development and Environmental Goals: Measuring the Impact of Policies
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