The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), through its 2019 Development Cooperation Report, urges donor governments and their relevant agencies to change the course and action in development cooperation on three fronts: 1) modernise the narrative, 2) re-tool to be fit for purpose, and 3) team up with diverse actors to promote coherence. In the same report, the OECD laid out recommendations on how donor governments can “re-shape” their strategies in advancing development cooperation.

This conceptual framework is a tool on ways to monitor and report on the impact of South-South Development Cooperation (SSDC) using a human rights based approach (HRBA) in development research at the regional and country levels. It also suggests sectoral, cross-border thematic areas of how the impact of South-South interventions can be documented and reported. The note builds and expands on existing frameworks. It has been prepared in fulfillment of the decision of CPDE’s Working

Paris, France – The Reality of Aid Network (RoA), a pre-eminent South-led global network of CSOs advocating for people-centered aid policies and practices, reports that official development assistance (ODA) is deficient and misdirected to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Its RoA Report 2018, “The Changing Faces of Aid and Development Cooperation: Encouraging Global Justice or Buttressing Inequalities?” looks into the global trends of the last two years, and presents case studies as evidence, and

Civil society has placed high hopes on South-South Cooperation being founded on solidarity against colonialism and the principles of respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, equality of all nations, abstention from intervention or interference in the internal affairs of another country, respect for the right of each nation to defend itself, and the promotion of mutual interest and cooperation, among others. Despite its highly progressive roots and principles, SSC has remained a government-to-government affair with

South-South Cooperation emerged in the 1950s in the context of the common struggle of former colonies for genuine independence and peace. It started with the Bandung Conference in 1955 organized by Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Pakistan participated in by 29 newly independent countries from Asia and Africa. In the midst of increasing conflict between the world’s major powers, these countries united to maintain their independence from these competing camps and engage in mutual

ADB’s newly-published Strategy 2030 is just a continuation and rehash of the failed Strategy 2020 released in 2008. After a decade of implementation, ADB acknowledges that the long-standing and new challenges and problems in the region have remained unaddressed, and are even getting worse. ADB refers to the remaining 326 million poor (measured by the USD 1.90 poverty line); the rising inequality amidst growth; and the negative impacts of globalisation on inequality. Yet, ADB still