Quality political participation and the SDGs in African small island developing states

Graham, Suzanne; Graham, Victoria

doi:10.3167/reco.2019.090202

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“…ASEAN can be considered a critical case within this discourse. Authors such as Nenghu (2020) and Graham and Graham (2019) have shown how many regional organizations have adopted EU norms and institutional structures without establishing functional systems of implementation. Conversely, ASEAN has maintained its own system of governance based on closed‐door summits, but it has nevertheless implemented a wide range of regional policies, most notably the creation of the ASEAN regional Communities (Maier‐Knapp, 2016).…”

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Normative coherence for development and regionalism: Gender equality in ASEAN's migration policies

Häbel¹,

Koff

Adam

2022

Development Policy Review

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Summary Motivation The United Nations 2030 Agenda recognizes regions as important actors in implementing the sustainable development agenda. At the same time, regions are often criticized for lacking effective implementation, especially in relation to gender equality. Purpose This study examines whether the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) implements its global commitment to gender equality at a regional level. Methods and approach We apply qualitative analysis of key ASEAN documents in order to determine how gender equality is implemented regionally. We particularly focus on frameworks related to female migrant workers in ASEAN. Findings The analysis shows that ASEAN is formally committed to improving gender equality at a regional level, however, female migrants often end up in unfavourable conditions and precarious work relationships without any institutionalized protection because ASEAN's gender equality initiatives are largely concentrated in the Cultural Community and absent from the Economic Community, indicating an absence of normative coherence for development with regard to gender equality. Policy implications This limited impact of emerging regional commitments to gender equality arises from incoherences in ASEAN's normative governance framework which undermine normative coherence for development at the regional level.

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Normative coherence for development and regionalism: Gender equality in ASEAN's migration policies

Häbel¹,

Koff

Adam

2022

Development Policy Review

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“…Much of the existing literature on the ASIDS as a regional grouping refers to their adherence to universal norms, particularly in relation to climate change and the blue economy (see, for example, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 2014) however, the ASIDS' normative commitment to regional democratic norms generally, and in the area of NCSD more specifically, is understudied, as is the application of QoD frameworks to assess this coherence (see Graham & Graham, 2016, 2019). From the above discussion on small states generally there is evidence to suggest that there is room for small island states to gain advantage from their adherence to accepted regional and international norms such as human rights, democracy, and development.…”

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The African Small Island Developing States and normative coherence for sustainable development: The quality of civil rights and liberties

Graham

2022

Development Policy Review

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Summary Motivation The literature on small states suggests that small island states are more likely than larger states to support regional and international democratic norms, but is this true of the six African Small Island Developing States (ASIDS), an underexplored regional grouping? This article explores the ASIDS' normative commitment to regional democratic norms of civil rights and liberties. Purpose This article aims to answer the question: how normatively coherent are ASIDS with the normative development of regional civil rights and liberty norms promoted by the African Union (AU) through the Banjul Charter? Methods and approach The article adopts a normative conceptual lens in its outlook and uses quality of democracy methodology to compare the quality of selected regional civil rights and liberty norms across the ASIDS grouping. Findings The article finds that procedurally all ASIDS are coherent with the Banjul Charter norms on civil rights and liberties, but that local realities mean that substantive coherence to these norms is often slow or, in some cases, ineffectual. Cultural context, agency, and capacity are as important as size and “islandness” in determining small island state democratic quality. Policy implications It suggests that political will for normative coherence for sustainable development (NCSD) within a region is not enough, at least for these island states. A real lack of capacity warrants greater regional support from continental Africa in the form of, among other things, financing, capacity building, expertise, peer review, and monitoring. Only through reinforcement of NCSD can the AU fulfil its rights‐based mission.

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“…Since then, it has been promoted by international organizations and their member states as a means to promote sustainable development. PCD is included in Target 17.14 of the 2030 Agenda, focusing on sustainability partnerships for achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Graham and Graham, 2019;Martens, 2015). In global discussions, the concept has been reproposed as policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) in order to highlight the importance of "whole of government approaches" to sustainability (Larsson, 2018).…”

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Addressing COVID through PCD: policy coherence for vulnerability in development and its relationship to the coronavirus pandemic

Moldes-Anaya

Koff

Porto

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PurposeThe purpose of this article is to understand how coronavirus impacts relate to existing vulnerabilities in different world regions.Design/methodology/approachThe article utilizes quantitative analysis to examine regional variations in coronavirus risk assessment. It then qualitatively employs a policy coherence for development (PCD) approach to analyze how public policies contribute to or mitigate vulnerability, defined as the product of exposure to external shocks, institutional coping capabilities and risk associated with social divisions in societies.FindingsThe research presented below shows that significant regional variance exists in terms of coronavirus risk, based on statistical analysis of the INFORM COVID-19 Risk Report prepared by the European Commission. The PCD analysis highlights important relationships between public policy strategies and the construction of both underlying vulnerabilities and coronavirus impacts.Practical implicationsThe PCD approach presented here focuses on the reconciliation of trade-offs. It shows how policy interactions affect vulnerabilities and suggests that coherent policy strategies aimed at reducing vulnerabilities are necessary in order to adequately respond to the coronavirus pandemic.Originality/valueThis analysis frames vulnerability as a socially constructed condition and through implementation of a PCD approach, it indicates how policy strategies contribute to or mitigate vulnerabilities. In doing so, it intends to contribute conceptually to the literature on vulnerability by showing how policy incoherences contribute to the construction of this condition. Empirically, the originality of this article is its statistical analysis of regional variance of coronavirus risk and the qualitative analysis of policy strategies in representative cases and how they have affected vulnerabilities and coronavirus impacts.

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Quality political participation and the SDGs in African small island developing states

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Normative coherence for development and regionalism: Gender equality in ASEAN's migration policies

Normative coherence for development and regionalism: Gender equality in ASEAN's migration policies

The African Small Island Developing States and normative coherence for sustainable development: The quality of civil rights and liberties

Addressing COVID through PCD: policy coherence for vulnerability in development and its relationship to the coronavirus pandemic

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