Can development be sustainable, comprehensive and coherent?

Abstract

At the RISC 2017 International Congress, we refl ected on the possibility of achieving a "sustainable, integral and coherent development." We primarily report here on the panel of Mexican experts who shared their experiences on issues such as the impact of the international agenda on the local policy priorities, the relevance of the participation of local stakeholders and the occurrence of inconsistencies throughout the process of design and implementation of development policies. In addition, other experiences were presented on these issues, some of which are included in this special issue. The general conclusion was that not only is it possible to articulate a sustainable, integral and coherent development but also that approaches and tools are already emerging that favor it through an evidence-based policy management and the use of the growing "environmental big data" that already exists.