In or Beyond Aid: The Difficult Path of Policy Coherence for Development

Abstract

ResumenAbstract 1. Introducción 2. El debate teórico sobre la CPD: surgimiento y evolución 3. La reflexión del CAD y la OCDE sobre la coherencia de políticas 4. La consideración de la CPD en las conferencias y declaraciones promovidas por el CAD en los últimos años 4.

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