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North South Cooperation Essay

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3 SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION The term South–South Cooperation is used by academicians and policymakers to describe the relationship and exchange of resources, knowledge and technology, between countries known as the global South or developing countries. Rosseel et al (2009) views South-South Cooperation (SSC) as “a broad concept that covers a wide range of collaborations among developing countries. It refers more specifically to cooperative activities between newly industrialized Southern countries and other, less developed nations of the South. Such activities are mainly situated in the areas of politics, economy and technology”. SSC also is a means of development cooperation whereby developing countries assist each other by sharing technical …show more content…

The idea of SSC has started in the Bandung Conference, held in Indonesia in 1955, where the leaders of 29 developing countries from Asia and Africa came together with the aim of promoting self-reliance among Southern nations and to strengthen economic and cultural cooperation among those states whose market power match more equally than in asymmetric North-South relationships (Rosseel et al 2009). This conference paved the way for the creation of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1961 and the Group of 77 in 1964 (the reality aid special report 2010).As an alliance of developing countries, the group of 77 prioritized technology transfer and skill development, literacy, eliminating trade barriers and direct investments. Also, in 1964 the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD was established by UN to assist the South in the area of trade policy and promotion. In 1972, the UN General Assembly set up a Working Group to examine ways of intensifying technical cooperation among developing countries (TCDC). This led to the establishment of a Special Unit within UNDP to promote TCDC (SU/TCDC) in …show more content…

It has included humanitarian assistance and technical cooperation as well as the provision of concessional financing for development projects, programs, budget support and strengthening balance of payments. Cooperative relationships have been at the level of governments and their agencies as well as between private enterprises or civil society organisations. All these efforts have made important contributions to strengthening the conditions for social and economic development in the cooperating

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