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The present study draws on the work of a team of eight researchers from Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, the three countries that are currently members of NeST LATAM: Alejandra Kern (Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina), André de Mello e Souza (IPEA, Brazil), Aline Rizzo (IPEA, Brazil), Camila Santos (BPC, Brazil), Citlali Ayala (Instituto Mora, [...]

This research paper has been developed by a team led by Milindo Chakrabarti and Sachin Chaturvedi with substantial inputs contributed by S. K. Mohanty, P. K. Anand, Krishna Kumar, Sabyasachi Saha, Priyadarshi Das, Sushil Kumar and Aditi Gupta. Plurality is the fundamental strength of South-South Cooperation (SSC). Such pluralities operate in terms of the governance [...]

This report analyses the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC) and suggests a suitable framework for analysing the effectiveness of ITEC and similar programmes under the principles of South-South Cooperation (SSC). It examines the execution of ITEC regarding two of India’s close neighbours - Nepal and Bangladesh. It provides an overview of India’s development [...]

Research paper authored by by Dr. Nilima Gulrajani, Senior Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). The BAPA+40 outcome document recognises the importance of building institutional capacity to formulate and implement national development policies, strategies and programmes for South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTrC). It also encourages systematic data collection to improve SSTrC quality and [...]

Research paper authored by Marcela Morales H.1, Southern Voice; Cristina Ordoñez & Andrés Gutierrez, Grupo FARO in Ecuador; and Kithmina Hewage & Harini Weerasekera, Institute of Policy Studies in Sri Lanka. During the past four decades, South-South Cooperation (SSC) has established itself in the global debate as a tool for development for the Global South. [...]

As UNFPA considers South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) as one of its strategic accelerators for results under the Strategic Plan 2022-2025, it is pleased to present this second set of 18 documented good practices on SSTC programming. This is evidence of successes that UNFPA offices had achieved in leveraging South-South partnerships for sexual and reproductive [...]

Forced to adjust its relatively upbeat economic forecast issued earlier in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) declared that the world would enter a recession due to COVID-19. Despite lockdowns, curfews, and other measures to curb its spread, the number of infections has passed 73 million cases worldwide by mid-December 2020. In light of this [...]

This policy brief is a publication by the Global Partnership Initiative (GPI) on Effective Triangular Co-operation. The challenges posed by COVID-19 are global in scope and unprecedented in scale. In 2020, the global community suffered a severe setback in the progress made towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Millions of people lost their incomes, [...]

One of the defining features of the 21st century is the rise of the Global South. Inspired by the high spirits and momentum since the Buenos Aires Plan of Action (BAPA) in 1978 (UNOSSC/UNDP, 1978), and the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South- South Cooperation (BAPA+40) in 2019, South- South and triangular cooperation has [...]

'Sharing Best Practices: Addressing RH, Population and Development Challenges' contains eleven best practices documented from Partners in Population and Development (PPD) member countries, geared towards resolving issues related to reproductive health, population and socioeconomic development. These innovative experiences have potential to be scaled up and replicated in different contexts, in order to achieve the Sustainable [...]