Putting Policy Coherence for Development into Perspective: Supporting Switzerland's Promotion of PCD in Commodities, Migration and Tax Policy

Down to business with Policy Coherence for Development in Switzerland: commodities, migration and tax policy. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is committed to promoting development objectives in non-development policies. SDC commissioned ECDPM to develop a tool for identifying incoherencies, trade-offs and knowledge gaps within and between sectoral policies. This reader explores Swiss progress in promoting PCD before introducing the tool, which is piloted on three policy areas: commodities, migration and tax policy. An overview is given of the main incoherencies affecting developing countries is given for each area.

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