Knowledge Products

In 2022, UNCTAD published the volume of “China’s Structural Transformation: What can developing countries learn?“. The purpose of the volume was to facilitate peer learning among countries in the Global South by sharing policy experiences. That publication examined diverse policy aspects including macroeconomic framework, trade, industrialization, digital transformation and debt management, shedding light on the [...]

This South-South Ideas Paper was developed by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), under the South-South Global Thinkers initiative. The initiative aims to inform policy dialogues and agenda-setting on South-South cooperation by scaling up its impact in the implementation of the SDGs. This South-South Ideas paper examines how South-South cooperation was used in the response [...]

This South-South Ideas Paper was developed by Grupo Faro (Ecuador) and Fundación Aru (Bolivia) under the South-South Global Thinkers initiative. The initiative aims to inform policy dialogues and agenda-setting on South-South cooperation by scaling up its impact in the implementation of the SDGs. This South-South Ideas paper analyses the socio-economic policy responses to the COVID-19 [...]

Accelerating Recovery from COVID-19 and the Full Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and African Union Agenda 2063 at All Levels The year 2023 marks a critical juncture, namely the midway point for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the conclusion of the first 10-year implementation plan (2014–2023) of [...]

Today there are an estimated 281 million international migrants around the world, the majority of whom are migrant workers. Globalization, demographic shifts, conflicts, income inequalities and climate change will encourage ever more people to cross borders in search of employment and security. Yet, the migration process entails complex challenges in terms of governance, migrant workers’ [...]

The world is marked by multiple crises and challenges that transcend borders and require not only local but global solutions. Only by working together and bridging divides and differences can countries address these challenges and drive a sustainable development future for all. This report by the OECD and the Islamic Development Bank demonstrates triangular co-operation’s [...]

Complex, intractable, and persistent development challenges worldwide disproportionately affect the lives of millions in the South. It has become increasingly evident that despite political will and national ownership, developing countries can not tackle these challenges independently. Among other factors, they require resources and know-how provided through revamped knowledge-partnerships that transcend boundaries. The COVID-19 pandemic response [...]

This case study by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) aims to take a snapshot of the municipal waste management ecosystems of certain countries in the Global South, particularly focusing on private sector-led good practices, inclusive growth and sustainable financing. The countries were selected upon criteria such as GDP, total waste production and geographic variety. [...]

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 contributed to nation’s overall economic development with digital economies becoming a great contributor to growth in national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and an [...]

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 challenges facing humanity together. Since 2019, IsDB has been promoting a new institutional [...]