New report takes a critical look at South-South Development Cooperation
The Reality of Aid Network (RoA), a global Southern-led network of CSOs working on development cooperation, is launching a new report that takes a critical look at the nature, shortcomings and potentials of South-South Development Cooperation from a Southern civil society perspective.
To be launched prior to the High Level Event on South-South Cooperation and Capacity Development in Bogota, Colombia, RoA s South-South Cooperation: A Challenge to the Aid System? is a specialized selection of researches ranging from the emergence of new global donors such as India, China and South Africa as well as the establishment of a new international financial architecture in South America to the impact of these trends on the diverse economies of Asia, Africa and the Americas. It presents the general condition of the Southern continents along with the specific experiences of Zimbabwe, Uganda and the Philippines, and illustrates the viability as well as the deficiency of the rising South-South development cooperation. The report also contains two researches on the noteworthy contribution of Cuba in Timor Leste and South West Pacific and its ongoing cooperation with Venezuela.
According to Antonio A. Tujan Jr, Chairperson of the Management Committee of RoA, This report provides development actors important lessons, not just for improving South-South cooperation but also for enhancing the development effectiveness of international development cooperation as a whole.
The book South-South Cooperation: A Challenge to the Aid System? is a special report by authors from Southern CSOs whose research draws on knowledge and expertise from aid agencies, academia, and community-based organizations. It is published by IBON Books with editions in French and Spanish. The book launch is on March 23, 6pm, at the Salon Silleteros, Hotel Estelar, Calle 24 No 43A 85, Bogota, Colombia
For more information about the South-South Cooperation: A Challenge to the Aid System?, please visit www.realityofaid.org or contact secretariat@realityofaid.org. For interview requests, please contact Mr Ramon Bultron through mobile number +85294773141 and through email rbultron@gmail.com (please cc jdongail@realityofaid.org)
