south-south

The current habit of splitting aid into two categories – traditional OECD aid and horizontal south-south co-operation – is probably no longer useful.

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Now that we have moved from north-south to south-south, the next logical step is to increase support for south-north co-operation?

A new direction for international co-operation 2011

Second, all this south-south solidarity is true only up to a point.

A new direction for international co-operation 2011

This is not to deny the historic importance of a growth in south-south cooperation – exploitation by richer countries is by no means a thing of the past.

A new direction for international co-operation 2011

The resurgence of interest in south-south co-operation gives us clues as to how aid will look in the coming era, with mutual interest replacing apparent charity as the prime motive.

Busan conference offers chance to tackle aid effectiveness | Jonathan Glennie 2011

It is founded on a post-colonial client relationship that is being broken apart not only by the large new donors, but by the proliferation of smaller-scale south-south co-operation that is demonstrating new ways for countries to support one another's development.

The OECD should give up control of the aid agenda | Jonathan Glennie 2011

One of the reasons south-south co-operation appeals to Commonwealth countries is the organisation's emphasis on non-interference in the internal affairs of member countries – which means, largely, no strings attached.

Commonwealth keen on south-south co-operation | Richard M Kavuma 2011

Finance ministers of the 54-member "family" meet in Washington on Wednesday, with discussions expected to focus on south-south co-operation, innovative ways to mobilise domestic development resources, and developing bloc positions on key issues ahead of November's international high-level aid summit in Busan, South Korea.

Commonwealth keen on south-south co-operation | Richard M Kavuma 2011

Ministers will also be invited to consider recognising and strengthening south-south development co-operation SSDC.

Commonwealth keen on south-south co-operation | Richard M Kavuma 2011

Instead of a vertical donor-recipient approach to aid giving, south-south cooperation SSC emphasises horizontality and mutuality.

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