Over the past years, knowledge exchange has started to overhaul development cooperation with a renewed energy of connecting and sharing among practitioners. More and more developing countries are fully engaging in mutual learning around best practices and proven solutions. Around 300 representatives from 46 countries have now gathered on the island of Bali, Indonesia, to discuss how to improve institutional and operational capacities to exchange knowledge at a larger…

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The World Bank Institute is looking for a short-term consultant to design and conduct a study on the effectiveness of South-South knowledge exchange as a…

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O Ministério das Relações Externas (MRE) do Brasil, conhecido como Itamaraty, divulgou nota à imprensa sobre o acordo de parceria assinado entre o MRE e o Instituto Brasileiro do Algodão (IBA) para o financiamento de programas de cooperação técnica voltados aos países em desenvolvimento produtores de algodão.

 

O Brasil já desenvolve há algum tempo um "projeto estruturante" como os países africanos do…

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El número 65 de la revista "Desafios do Desenvolvimento" (Desafíos del Desarrollo) del Instituto de Pesquisa Económica Aplicada (IPEA), fundación pública vinculada a la Secretaria de Asuntos Estratégicos de la Presidencia de la República de Brasil, acaba de publicar un número que contiene interesantes novedades sobre la Cooperación Brasileña para el Desarrollo Internacional.

 

El artículo de Simone Biehler,…

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The Organization of American States (OAS), is pleased to announce a sub-regional workshop on cooperation effectiveness, entitled “Cooperation Effectiveness; the South American Chapter” from 23-24 February 2011 in Quito, Ecuador. The event will be co-hosted by the OAS, through the technical secretariat of the Inter… Continue

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

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UNDESA 2010 / United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs: International Development Cooperation Report 2010. Development Cooperation For the MDGs: Maximizing Results, New York: http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/julyhls/pdf10/10-45690_(e)(desa)development_cooperation_for_the_mdgs_max_results.pdf

The Africa-Brazil Agricultural Innovation Marketplace is an international
initiative supported by different donnors aiming to link Brazilian and African
experts and institutions to develop cooperative projects. This is an innovative way of brokering South-South exchange. For more information, visit their website at: http://www.africa-brazil.org/

http://blogs.worldbank.org/meetings/open-forum/session-3

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.

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An interesting article from the G-15 summit this week, in which India calls for a reform of the international economic order - "In overall terms, the 14th G-15 Summit concluded in Tehran [Monday] with a call for improving South-South cooperation to achieve global equality and help member states realize their full potential and enhance the bargaining power of the group… Continue

World Bank President Robert Zoellick speaks about the Changing global economic landscape and its effects on development and multilateral institutions. In response to the question, "What does this changing world mean for development?" Zoellick states, "Development is no longer just North-South. It is South-South, even South-North, with lessons for all with open minds."



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The High Level Event in Bogota included a number of influential voices in the debate on South-South cooperation and knowledge exchange. Among them were World Bank Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Vice President Sanjay Pradhan who leads the World Bank Institute - the Bank Group's principal provider of learning activities.



Here are their speeches to the assembled participants. …

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During the High Level Event on South-South Cooperation and Capacity Development, participants were able to hash out their ideas on different aspects affecting / affected by SSC in 6 round table sessions. The roundtables were prepared and organized by different groups, and the 110 case studies on SSC played a major role in the HLE, providing tangible examples and evidence of how South-South cooperation is being… Continue

In only nine weeks, dozens of countries and organizations have drafted and presented a total of 110 case stories on South-South cooperation in the context of aid effectiveness, responding to the call of the Task Team on South-South cooperation (TT-SSC). Involving 133 countries, 10 multilateral and 5 non-governmental organizations, this is likely to be the… Continue