Monitoring policy coherence for development

Policy coherence for development presents particular challenges for assessing impacts and identifying results chains. Policy coherence for development often concerns an unspecified number of policy areas and the causeand- effect relationships are blurred. Another challenge relates to time lags: the actual effects of incoherent policies emerge at various times – as do actions to remedy such policies. This chapter suggests an alternative way to assess policy coherence for development It considers the factors that may contribute to or hinder a certain development outcome, as opposed to the impacts that can be attributed to a particular policy or policy change. The post-2015 deliberations refer to these factors as “enablers” or “disablers” for development.