One of my favorite economists, Abhijit Banerjee, presented an approach to economic growth at the 2008 Brookings Global Economy and Development Conference that’s fairly consistent with my beliefs: “maybe all that happens is that something goes right for once… and then…

Many Donor organizations and countries of the world have been donating or lending billions of money as aid for long time in many third world countries and underdeveloped and developing countries for organising various types of social and economical development programs including poverty alleviation. Many countries do their development works by using the foreign assistance. There are many NGOs and Government Organizations establish for doing various types of development activities including…

Energized under the umbrella of the Task Team on South-South cooperation, the role of Southern academia in global development, as suggested by the 2011 Bangkok Call [pdf], is becoming stronger every day. The Mexican presidency of the G20 has…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

(Full text: Book_brazilian_cooperation%20WEB.pdf

The universal character of Brazil’s international insertion consolidated the country’s presence in debates on a wide range of issues and the sharing of best practices. In this context, the perceived need to…

Agencia Brasileira de Cooperação (website)

Brasil e Fundação Gates se unem para melhorar a segurança alimentar

http://www.abc.gov.br/lerNoticia.asp?id_Noticia=610

Brasília, 01º de novembro de 2011 – Hoje, o Governo brasileiro, por meio da Agência Brasileira de Cooperação (ABC), assinou Memorando de Entendimento com a Fundação Bill & Melinda Gates que tem…

El punto 5 del orden del día del Tercer Período de sesiones de la Consulta sobre la Novena reposicion de los recursos del FIDA, que tendrá lugar los días 24 y 25 de octubre, en Roma (Italia) estará dedicado a la discusión sobre el modelo operacional de Cooperación Sur Sur planteado por el Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola.

El documento preparatorio para el debate puede consultarse en los siguientes idiomas:

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VACANCY: POLICY ADVISOR, CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

The UNDP Capacity Development Group (CDG) is looking for a policy advisor to work on the national implementation capacities portfolio. CDG is UNDP’s source of in-house expertise for optimizing the impact of development interventions through capacity…

 Economic and Social Council

2011 Substantive Session

Coordination segment

Item 6 (a): Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development

PANEL DISCUSSION

“Building on Istanbul: Financial support for development efforts of LDCs,including through…

The Africa Platform on Development Effectiveness brings consultation, coordination and a common voice to Africa's development perspectives, strategies and policies focusing on capacity development, aid effectiveness and south-south cooperation. Development effectiveness is the ability to achieve results that positively impact on people's lives and societies in a…

International cooperation refers to a group of actions and/or resources exchanged between actors from different countries, voluntarily and according to their own interests and strategies.

Robinson (2008) argues that international cooperation, by itself, cannot be catalogued as bad or god, because it is a type of human interaction that functions as a means to an end. In fact, the author proposes that this end is precisely what determines the value of a given act of…

This research analyzes the Mexican technical-agricultural cooperation offered to Central America between 2005 and 2010.…

The financial crisis and the shift toward a multi-polar economy is changing the way development aid is delivered. Aid no longer flows exclusively from North to South. New partnerships and players are

emerging. Donor and client governments, along with their constituents,

are demanding measurable results.

Join the conversation today featuring…