How do SL approaches relate to sector programmes?
Sector-wide approaches and SL approaches need not conflict. SL approaches can be effective at both grassroots and policy levels. SL should encourage sector programmes to broaden stakeholder participation, to consider local outcomes when thinking about policy and to establish cross-sectoral links. Where analysis suggests that activities should be focused in a particular sector, and where that sector is substantially government-led, a SL-guided sector programme might be the most appropriate form of development activity. Like sector programmes, SL approaches also aims to build on ‘best practice’ in public expenditure and management issues.
