Publications
South-South Ideas: E-Commerce and Trade Agreements in the Global South – Lessons from the African Continental Free Trade Agreement
While digitalization has triggered the so-called “Fourth Industrial Revolution,” it has also exacerbated discrepancies in technological advancements between developed and developing nations, as well as urban and rural communities. Digital transformation has...
The IsDB South-South Cooperation Index (IsDB, 2023)
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) stands out among multilateral development banks (MDBs) as the only major MDB to have a fully Global South membership and shareholder base. IsDB is essentially a ‘South-South’ bank, uniting its members with the desire to address the...
Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation: Transforming Education and Delivering on SDG4
South-South and triangular cooperation is at the heart of SDG4 implementation on Quality Education. As demonstrated in the last few years, this kind of cooperation can mobilize action, ambition, solidarity and solutions to transform education in a rapidly changing...
2023 Report of the UN Secretary-General on the State of South-South Cooperation
The present report is submitted in response to General Assembly resolution 77/185, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report on the state of South-South cooperation. The report highlights global challenges and emerging...