Effective Development Co-operation: New Evidence from the Global South

This book considers how development cooperation principles and practices can be made more inclusive and impactful. Amplifying voices from across the global south, the book combines key thematic discussions with new case studies spanning three continents and three key sectors: agriculture, education, and social protection. Global governance is at a crossroads, and modalities of foreign aid delivery are under stress as international development cooperation continues to lose political traction in provider countries.

Presenting a novel and nuanced understanding of the dynamics shaping the global development landscape, this book considers the strategic issues influencing development partnerships and outcomes. It consolidates cross-country policy insights from the global south, based on sectoral experiences shaped by contextual realities. The authors adapt the "Moderator-Mediator" framework as a means of examining the contextual factors shaping development partnerships and consequently leading to “successful” development outcomes in a specific sector at the country level.

This book holds special relevance in the current political climate, where the future of development financing is increasingly contested. Global development researchers and students will benefit from the book’s ingenious blending of sector-specific insights and broader discussions of the themes underpinning contemporary development cooperation debates.

Debapriya Bhattacharya is a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue and a member of the United Nations Committee for Development Policy. Engaged in high-level policy designing and advising to Bangladesh government and various bilateral and international development agencies, he has published extensively on trade, LDCs, SDGs and development.

Towfiqul Islam Khan is an economist and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue. He has published extensively on macroeconomic and public policies, development finance, and governance. He has also served on several technical committees of Bangladeshi government agencies and engaged in global development discourse.

Najeeba Mohammed Altaf is a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka. Her research work focuses on international development cooperation, accountability in SDG implementation, youth and education in Bangladesh. Her research has been published on both international and national platforms and includes working papers, book chapters, and blogs.