2 . Necessary , if not sufficient
Necessary vs . sufficient is a basic logical test 76 that should be applied to any policy or operations . It is used to examine whether any given action can , in and of itself produce a result ( sufficient ), or cannot produce the result , but can prohibit success in its absence ( necessary ). First and foremost , all of the points and solutions raised here are necessary , but not sufficient to produce a successful outcome ; there is no one point or solution that can guarantee success . Any one of them can , however , through absence or misapplication , cause failure . While it could be argued that security is first among equals and should thus by nature be addressed before other aspects of sustainable development and good governance , this paper contains recurring reminders that such priorities , as well as the definition of security , should be elicited from local populations based on local needs , not assumed through outside analysis .
Necessary , if not sufficient , is critical to keep in mind , since resistance to policy change and operational shifts often stems from a broad statement that “ yes , but that won ’ t produce success .” Second , no effort takes place in a vacuum , either in terms of local dynamics , events and other interventions , or temporally — where a particular country finds itself on the developmental scale at time of intervention , and the history of governance it draws upon will alter the relative importance of development , diplomatic and security interventions . 77 Component parts of an intervention affect each other constantly , and while each component effort can individually succeed or fail , so
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