Innovating South-South Cooperation: Policies, Challenges and Prospects (Studies in International Development and Globalization)

This book presents novel approaches to further South­South Cooperation (SSC) on a global scale. The evolving aid architecture and mounting development challenges demand an urgent and critical review of existing aid modalities, policy-making and forums for international cooperation. With the rise of emerging powers, we face an important question: ls the changing global order transforming the nature of development cooperation? Promoting equitable broad-based growth in order to alleviate poverty, calls for a new understanding of the principles of development assistance, good governance, transparency, ownership, and accountability. This book is published in English. - Les changements en matière d’aide internationale et les défis soulevés par les crises alimentaires, financières et énergétiques exigent un examen critique des conventions actuelles en matière d’assistance et d’élaboration de politiques et de forums décisionnels en coopération internationale. À la lumière de la montée de pouvoirs émergents, une analyse de la manière dont un ordre mondial en mutation transforme la nature de la coopération pour le développement s’impose. La promotion d’une croissance économique équitable et d’une réduction de la pauvreté exige une nouvelle compréhension de l’aide au développement et une gouvernance, transparence, propriété et imputabilité optimales. L’avenir de la Coopération Sud-Sud repose sur de nombreux facteurs, comme l’amélioration des moyens de communication et le partage des connaissances entre pays partenaires, l’adoption d’une approche analytique pour définir les biens publics régionaux et mondiaux, l’identification et l’évaluation des bonnes et des mauvaises pratiques et la fusion des priorités économiques et sociales. Au moyen d'études de cas, les auteurs proposent des approches novatrices pour promouvoir la Coopération Sud-Sud et établir des politiques de développement international efficaces. Ce livre est publié en anglais. The evolving aid architecture and mounting development challenges caused by recent food, financial and energy crises, demand an urgent and critical review of existing aid modalities, policy-making and forums for international cooperation. An important question, in light of the rise of emerging powers, is the extent to which the changing global order is transforming the nature of development cooperation. Promoting equitable broad-based economic growth leading to poverty alleviation requires new understanding of what constitutes development assistance, good governance, transparency, ownership, and accountability. This will lead to an increased role and visibility of emerging powers and their institutional establishments--including BRICS, IBSA, G-20-, regional economic communities (RECs), regional development banks, as well as an increased importance of emerging economies on the global stage. A goal of this book is to begin to break down the divide between traditional and emerging development partners. SSC is a fertile area to study these changes and transformations at this very critical juncture. The future of SSC depends on many factors, such as improved means of communication and sharing of knowledge among partner countries, adopting a more analytical approach to define regional and global public goods, identifying good and bad practices and evaluating them, and improving transparency, merging economic and social priorities. Using a variety of case studies, this book provides novel approaches for furthering SSC on a global scale, to establish more effective public policies in the area of international development Cover Title Page Copyright Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Acronyms Foreword Introduction: Conceptual Foundations of South‐South Cooperation Part 1: South-South Cooperation: Policies and Programs Chapter 1: Fulfilling the Promise of South‐South Cooperation Chapter 2: South-South Cooperation Blocs and Influence in Development Assistance Chapter 3: Triangular Cooperation: Another Option for South-South Cooperation? Chapter 4: Fragile-to-Fragile Cooperation: An Example of a New Trend in South‐South Cooperation? Part 2: Case Studies From China, Africa, Brazil, Indonesia, and Turkey Chapter: 5 South-South Cooperation with Chinese Characteristics Chapter 6: China and Africa: Somewhere Between Economic Integration and Cooperative Exploitation Chapter 7: What Does the Evidence Say about Contemporary China-Africa Relations? Chapter 8: South-South Cooperation’s Contribution to Local Development and Urban Planning in Africa Chapter 9: Natural Resource Governance in Africa: Insights from Governance Initiatives on Conflict-Prone Minerals and Sustainable Forestry Chapter 10: Emergence of Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and the Imperative for African Economies to Strategically Enhance Trade-Related South‐South Cooperation Chapter 11: Learning from Peers: How Brazil and Indonesia Are Structuring Institutional and Operational Models for South‐South Knowledge Exchange Chapter 12: An Emerging Donor in Retrospect: Understanding Turkey’s Development Assistance Activism Contributors Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Backcover "The evolving aid architecture and mounting development challenges caused by recent food, financial and energy crises, demand an urgent and critical review of existing aid modalities, policy-making and forums for international cooperation. In light of the rise of emerging powers, an important question is the extent to which the changing global order is transforming the nature of development cooperation. Promoting equitable broad-based economic growth leading to poverty alleviation requires new understanding of what constitutes development assistance, good governance, transparency, ownership, and accountability. The future of SSC depends on many factors, such as improved means of communication and sharing of knowledge among partner countries, adopting a more analytical approach to define regional and global public goods, identifying good and bad practices and evaluating them, and improving transparency, merging economic and social priorities. Using a variety of case studies, this book provides novel approaches for furthering SSC on a global scale, to establish more effective public policies in the area of international development."-- Provided by publisher « The evolving aid architecture and mounting development challenges caused by recent food, financial and energy crises, demand an urgent and critical review of existing aid modalities, policy-making and forums for international cooperation. In light of the rise of emerging powers, an important question is the extent to which the changing global order is transforming the nature of development cooperation. Promoting equitable broad-based economic growth leading to poverty alleviation requires new understanding of what constitutes development assistance, good governance, transparency, ownership, and accountability. The future of SSC depends on many factors, such as improved means of communication and sharing of knowledge among partner countries, adopting a more analytical approach to define regional and global public goods, identifying good and bad practices and evaluating them, and improving transparency, merging economic and social priorities. Using a variety of case studies, this book provides novel approaches for furthering SSC on a global scale, to establish more effective public policies in the area of international development. »-- Résumé de l'éditeur