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The chapter looks at South-South cooperation and fragmentation from three different points of view: First, a closer look is taken at the internal bureaucratic fragmentation on the providers’ side. Second, the authors argue that an increasing number of actors in global development increase both choice and transaction costs for recipient countries. And third, the increasing number of actors is a global governance issue which opens debates on global standards and responsibilities. The authors conclude that South-South cooperation (SSC) can no longer claim to be beyond the debates on aid and the aid architecture. While institutional weaknesses within the providers’ administrations will recede as their institutions mature, the fragmentation and weakening of the traditional aid system requires global collective action.
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Bracho, G., Grimm, S. (2016). South-South Cooperation and Fragmentation: A Non-issue?. In: Klingebiel, S., Mahn, T., Negre, M. (eds) The Fragmentation of Aid. Rethinking International Development series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55357-7_9
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