The inclusive green economy has gained considerable attention in past years as an action-oriented approach and one of the tools for realizing sustainable development. The main contribution of this approach has been identified as integrating economic, social and environmental dimensions of development policies in a coherent, cross-sectoral framework of analysis. As governments begin to develop and implement inclusive green-economy strategies, more attention is being given to research into the use of methodologies and tools to identify social, economic and environmental trends, and the evaluation of the likely outcomes of implementing inclusive green economy policy.
The present report provides an assessment of tools and methodologies deemed appropriate for analysing inclusive green economy policies (whether sectoral or integrated) in Africa. It assesses how to identify the most suitable tools and methodologies (based on regional and country contexts) to be used for capacity-building and advocacy activities on integrated assessments for an inclusive green economy. Specifically, this report: (1) describes selected methodological frameworks and tools for inclusive green economy assessment, (2) assesses tools and methodologies against a variety of criteria that were specifically selected to evaluate their capacity to support one or more stages of the integrated policymaking cycle for inclusive green economy; and (3) compares the tools and methodologies to identify those that would better support inclusive green economy policymaking in Africa.