Southern Voice joins UN’s Day for South-South Cooperation
Saturday marked the United Nations’ Day for South-South Cooperation.
Saturday marked the United Nations’ Day for South-South Cooperation.
The global knowledge ecosystem is tilted towards scholars and institutions from the North, with limited access for the South even today. Inclusion of Southern scholars is still limited to participation in pre-set agendas informed by the interests of dominant groups.
Successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda requires that countries move beyond monitoring towards acting in contextualised and integrated policy solutions. This Report brings together country-level evidence-based analysis produced by more than 40 scholars from think tanks in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is meant to enrich the global dialogue on the 2030 Agenda.
This study attempts to capture the salient features concerning SDG implementation in the region to track progress, identify challenges and learning from cross-country experiences.
There are justified concerns about whether the pandemic will jeopardise the smooth and sustainable transition of the largest LDC in the world.
This research paper examines the imperative of a new conversation on development effectiveness “from the bottom up”. Four dimensions are addressed: conceptual concerns, emerging trends, political economy issues affecting the global and country levels, and issues related to the measurement of effectiveness.
COVID-19 reached the poorest countries with a time lag but now they are facing multiple shocks.
While doctors and scientists are spending sleepless nights to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is grappling with its economic fallout.
"In the next decade 12 countries, including Bangladesh, will walk out of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group."
For the past two years Southern Voice worked successfully with think tanks from Africa, Asia and Latin America on its [...]