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This report by the World Bank looks at the opportunities and challenges related to digitalizing the economies, societies and governments of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The report finds that while some countries are benefiting from expanded access to services and markets, new jobs, innovation, reduced transaction costs and a [...]

Background: Southeast Asia is the second biggest region in the world in terms of the total number of natural disasters since 1900. Therefore, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) initiated regional challenges toward strengthening regional collaboration for disaster prevention and response since the earthquake of Sumatra in Indonesia occurred in 2004. Moreover, ASEAN Leaders [...]

This Good Practice Brief analyzes a Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) project by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The project is recognized as a flagship South-South cooperation initiative, which enables exchanges of technology, capacity-building, policy support or fundraising between countries in the global South. The project catalyzed global [...]

Cooperation is one of the main pillars of Chile's Foreign Policy. In 2021 the Chilean Agency for International Development Cooperation (AGCID) has led a number of international cooperation activities, aiming to contribute to the country's foreign policy agenda, to the response and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, as well as to internationally-agreed development objectives, including [...]

Global challenges require joint efforts, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development therefore calls for more international partnerships and, with SDG17, has specifically created a separate goal for such partnerships. Triangular cooperation can contribute to achieving this goal. Germany's Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) strengthens joint action by donors. This also includes [...]

Brazil has a long history of public policies to eradicate hunger, reduce poverty, promote research and innovation in agriculture and strengthen the institutional framework for rural and urban development. The Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Programme has been one of the most successful initiatives in this regard, allowing the exchange of experiences, the improvement of public policies, [...]

The discussion in this report brings together, in a concise form, the extensive analysis of investment and investment policy trends in LDCs contained in annual editions of UNCTAD’s flagship World Investment Report (WIR). The summary report shows that since 2011, FDI inflows to LDCs as a group increased only marginally. The pandemic has further undermined [...]

Over the past four decades, China has achieved remarkable economic growth, lifting millions out of poverty and meeting major international development goals, contributing significantly to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In the process, China has transformed itself from a global assembly hub to a global digital leader. What is the policy story behind China’s [...]

The International Labour Organization (ILO), through its partnership’s department has launched 23 South-South and Triangular Cooperation projects across the five regions and the ITC-Turin office for the 2020-2021 biennium. The SSTC projects have covered 75 countries and additional global activities. In this compendium, the main good practices from all regions and headquarters have been synthesized [...]

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages is not only a fundamental right and a crucial development goal, but it is also front and center of the global COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve sustainable development, ensuring health is critical, with the understanding that most of the SDGs either directly relate to health [...]