Inclusive, Cross-Sectoral and Evidence-Based Decision-Making for Resilience Planning and Decision-Making in a Devolved Context

C. L. Neely (), M. Bourne (), S. Chesterman (), T.-G. Vågen (), V. Lekaram (), L. A. Winowiecki () and R. Prabhu ()
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C. L. Neely: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
M. Bourne: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
S. Chesterman: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
T.-G. Vågen: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
V. Lekaram: Turkana County Government
L. A. Winowiecki: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
R. Prabhu: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

The European Journal of Development Research, 2021, vol. 33, issue 4, No 15, 1115-1140

Abstract: Abstract Successfully achieving the sustainable development goals requires addressing complex, interrelated, wicked problems across multiple scales and contexts and decision-making that tackles nested layers of goals and targets across the interrelated social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability. The Stakeholder Approach to Risk-informed and Evidence-based Decision-making (SHARED) bridges processes, tools and accessible evidence to support inter-sectoral and multi-stakeholder decision-making and implementation aimed at achieving resilience aspirations and associated investments. Adaptive collaborative management and multiple-loop learning serve as a basis for the systematic approach to institutional learning that supports shifts in underlying institutional understanding and values leading to actionable organisational change. This paper describes a contextual application of tailored technical assistance and institutional support to the Turkana County Government in Kenya, a newly devolved governance structure, under conditions of complexity. The SHARED Turkana County decision case demonstrates how the approach responded to a policy aspiration, resulting in greater and more intentional use of evidence in planning and budget allocations, cross-sectoral and multi-stakeholder partnerships, inclusive and transformative projects and a consultative and evidence-based five-year County Integrated Development Plan.

Keywords: Stakeholder engagement; Decentralisation; Collaboration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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