The views expressed herein are those of the authors only and should not be attributed to any othe... more The views expressed herein are those of the authors only and should not be attributed to any other person or institution. Table of contents
Policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) presents an ambitious development proposition... more Policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) presents an ambitious development proposition. This article draws six relevant lessons from the shift from Good Governance, another ambitious development agenda, to the more politically grounded and actionable agenda of Good Enough Governance. Authors: Jan Vanheukelom, James Mackie and Martin Ronceray, ECDPM. A previous version of this article was presented as a contribution to OECD (2018), Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development 2018: Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies, OECD Publishing, Paris, http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264301061-en . “Complex systems comprise many moving parts that interact with one another and change together, triggering outcomes that cannot be precisely controlled or predicted.” Yuen Yuen Ang, How China Escaped the Poverty Trap, p. 10 Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) has made it into the architecture of the Sustainable Development Goals. It is not an objective as such, bu...
There is long-standing, wide consensus on the need for greater economic connectedness in Africa. ... more There is long-standing, wide consensus on the need for greater economic connectedness in Africa. Despite the rhetoric and apparent policy consensus, implementation of related commitments lags seriously. The lack of progress towards the free movement between national markets of goods, services, people and capital is frequently blamed on a combination of lack of political will and lack of capacity. Yet, it is necessary to better understand what these twin deficiencies actually entail. This paper takes a politicaleconomy approach to regional integration to try and understand progress on regional economic integration. Building on the existing and wide literature examining the political economy of development at a national level, and the somewhat more limited literature on the political economy of regional integration, the paper defines five lenses through which we can better understand the progress or not of regional integration processes: structural factors, formal and informal institu...
This background paper is part of a series on the Political Economy Dynamics of Regional Organisat... more This background paper is part of a series on the Political Economy Dynamics of Regional Organisations (PEDRO) and builds on an earlier paper conducted under the Political Economy of Regional Integration in Africa (PERIA) project. It was prepared in March 2017. In line with ECDPM's mission to inform and facilitate EU-Africa policy dialogue, and financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ, the studies analyse key policy areas of seventeen regional organisations in SubSaharan Africa. In doing so they address three broad questions: What is the political traction of the organisations around different policy areas? What are the key member state interests in the regional agenda? What are the areas with most future traction for regional organisations to promote cooperation and integration around specific areas? The studies aim to advance thinking on how regional policies play out in practice, and ways to promote politically feasible and adaptive approa...
This background paper is part of a series on the Political Economy Dynamics of Regional Organisat... more This background paper is part of a series on the Political Economy Dynamics of Regional Organisations (PEDRO) and builds on an earlier paper conducted under the Political Economy of Regional Integration in Africa (PERIA) project. It was prepared in March 2017. In line with ECDPM's mission to inform and facilitate EU-Africa policy dialogue, and financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ, the studies analyse key policy areas of seventeen regional organisations in SubSaharan Africa. In doing so they address three broad questions: What is the political traction of the organisations around different policy areas? What are the key member state interests in the regional agenda? What are the areas with most future traction for regional organisations to promote cooperation and integration around specific areas? The studies aim to advance thinking on how regional policies play out in practice, and ways to promote politically feasible and adaptive approa...
The world economy is increasingly integrated, a development marked by the dominance of global and... more The world economy is increasingly integrated, a development marked by the dominance of global and regional value chains. This has been accompanied by a proliferation of bilateral, regional, mega-regional and cross-regional economic cooperation agreements and integration initiatives.
DESCRIPTION we look at the political drivers and constraints to regional integration in the East ... more DESCRIPTION we look at the political drivers and constraints to regional integration in the East African Community; and the North-South Corridor project of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite
The views expressed herein are those of the authors only and should not be attributed to any othe... more The views expressed herein are those of the authors only and should not be attributed to any other person or institution. Table of contents
Policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) presents an ambitious development proposition... more Policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) presents an ambitious development proposition. This article draws six relevant lessons from the shift from Good Governance, another ambitious development agenda, to the more politically grounded and actionable agenda of Good Enough Governance. Authors: Jan Vanheukelom, James Mackie and Martin Ronceray, ECDPM. A previous version of this article was presented as a contribution to OECD (2018), Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development 2018: Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies, OECD Publishing, Paris, http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264301061-en . “Complex systems comprise many moving parts that interact with one another and change together, triggering outcomes that cannot be precisely controlled or predicted.” Yuen Yuen Ang, How China Escaped the Poverty Trap, p. 10 Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) has made it into the architecture of the Sustainable Development Goals. It is not an objective as such, bu...
There is long-standing, wide consensus on the need for greater economic connectedness in Africa. ... more There is long-standing, wide consensus on the need for greater economic connectedness in Africa. Despite the rhetoric and apparent policy consensus, implementation of related commitments lags seriously. The lack of progress towards the free movement between national markets of goods, services, people and capital is frequently blamed on a combination of lack of political will and lack of capacity. Yet, it is necessary to better understand what these twin deficiencies actually entail. This paper takes a politicaleconomy approach to regional integration to try and understand progress on regional economic integration. Building on the existing and wide literature examining the political economy of development at a national level, and the somewhat more limited literature on the political economy of regional integration, the paper defines five lenses through which we can better understand the progress or not of regional integration processes: structural factors, formal and informal institu...
This background paper is part of a series on the Political Economy Dynamics of Regional Organisat... more This background paper is part of a series on the Political Economy Dynamics of Regional Organisations (PEDRO) and builds on an earlier paper conducted under the Political Economy of Regional Integration in Africa (PERIA) project. It was prepared in March 2017. In line with ECDPM's mission to inform and facilitate EU-Africa policy dialogue, and financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ, the studies analyse key policy areas of seventeen regional organisations in SubSaharan Africa. In doing so they address three broad questions: What is the political traction of the organisations around different policy areas? What are the key member state interests in the regional agenda? What are the areas with most future traction for regional organisations to promote cooperation and integration around specific areas? The studies aim to advance thinking on how regional policies play out in practice, and ways to promote politically feasible and adaptive approa...
This background paper is part of a series on the Political Economy Dynamics of Regional Organisat... more This background paper is part of a series on the Political Economy Dynamics of Regional Organisations (PEDRO) and builds on an earlier paper conducted under the Political Economy of Regional Integration in Africa (PERIA) project. It was prepared in March 2017. In line with ECDPM's mission to inform and facilitate EU-Africa policy dialogue, and financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ, the studies analyse key policy areas of seventeen regional organisations in SubSaharan Africa. In doing so they address three broad questions: What is the political traction of the organisations around different policy areas? What are the key member state interests in the regional agenda? What are the areas with most future traction for regional organisations to promote cooperation and integration around specific areas? The studies aim to advance thinking on how regional policies play out in practice, and ways to promote politically feasible and adaptive approa...
The world economy is increasingly integrated, a development marked by the dominance of global and... more The world economy is increasingly integrated, a development marked by the dominance of global and regional value chains. This has been accompanied by a proliferation of bilateral, regional, mega-regional and cross-regional economic cooperation agreements and integration initiatives.
DESCRIPTION we look at the political drivers and constraints to regional integration in the East ... more DESCRIPTION we look at the political drivers and constraints to regional integration in the East African Community; and the North-South Corridor project of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite
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