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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0776623192 ISBN 13: 9780776623191

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press, 2019

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Prof. Hany Besada is a Senior Fellow with the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa. He is also a Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow with the UN University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa and a Research Professor, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University.

Dr. Leah McMillan Polonenko is a research consultant and project evaluator with over a decade experience assessing implications of social policies in Africa. She is Project Coordinator for the Kenyan Portfolio of Edu-Vision 2020 and a Research Fellow with the Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa. She is a visiting lecturer at several universities.

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Breaking down the divide between traditional and emerging development partners, this book provides critical insight into the dynamic landscape of south-south cooperation.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0776623192
• ISBN 13: 9780776623191
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 409
• Editor: Besada Hany Gamil, Tok M. Evren, Polonenko Leah McMillan