Current research – Sustainable development: coherence from strategy to result

Key question

To what extent has the coherence of Dutch policy contributed to the results in the area of food security, water and the climate in developing countries?

In answering this question, the review will look at four different forms of coherence:

1. Internal coherence between different Dutch development and other policies
2. External coherence between Dutch policy and policies of developing countries
3. Temporal coherence between short-term projects and long-term strategies
4. Spatial coherence between activities at local level and at national or international level

The main policy review report is expected to be published in 2024.

Substudies

Two preparatory studies that feed the overall policy review have been conducted by ECDPM and are published on our website:

1. Long-term strategies
   Inventory of international and African long term strategies for food security, water and climate in developing countries (literature review).
2. Effects of developed countries’  policies on economies on developing countries
   Inventory of previously found effects of policies in developed countries and emerging economies on food security, water and climate in developing countries.

Researchers

Ferko Bodnár – contact person
Pim de Beer
Marit van Zomeren
Martine de Groot