Governments and stakeholders are increasingly recognising the need to work differently to effectively address the integrated nature of the SDGs. Given the complex interconnections between economic, social and environmental challenges that the SDGs aim to address – as well as their multiple global-domestic linkages – policy coherence takes on a whole new dimension. But eradicating poverty will be more challenging on a planet facing natural resource degradation, scarcity, and climate change. This continues to be a key focus of the 2030 Agenda with its global aspiration to eradicate poverty in all its forms and dimensions. The assumption was that domestic policies from developed countries in areas with important cross-border dimensions such as trade, investment, and agriculture could undermine development co-operation objectives and negatively impact on the development prospects of poor developing countries. This approach emerged from the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) discussions in early 1990’s in a context of growing concern with aid effectiveness. The OECD played a pivotal role during this period in promoting “policy coherence for development” (PCD). The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) included MDG8 which focused on aid, trade, debt relief and increased access to essential medicines and technologies, all of which were indispensable for creating an enabling international environment for developing countries to achieve the MDGs. Policy coherence to support the achievement of global goals is not a new concept. To achieve this balance, the Agenda includes SDG Target 17.14 to enhance policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) as an essential means of implementation for all the Goals. The 2030 Agenda states that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are integrated and indivisible, and should balance the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.
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