Recent research shows that uncoordinated proliferation of actors, approaches and aid allocation patterns pose critical challenges to conflict-affected countries. Despite the importance of these issues, we know very little about the links between Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) and human security.
Taking this disjunction as a starting point, the analysis uses a combination of desk research and semi-structured interviews to explore the PCD framework as an operational tool to address the security-development nexus. The first part identifies PCD challenges related to human security and argues that the added value of the concept consists in its ability to deal with contradictory policy goals. The second part analyses the PCD-agenda in greater detail. It examines three policy areas - migration, development and security - in order to explore advantages and limitations of adopting a PCD perspective on human security. Finally, my paper develops a new framework for research on the security-development nexus.
