This paper analyzes whether and to what extent non-governmental organizations (NGOs) outperform official donors by allocating aid in a way that renders effective poverty alleviation more likely. We employ Probit and Tobit models and make use of an exceptionally detailed database that allows an...

List of Contributors; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction: South-South Cooperation Beyond the Myths-A Critical Analysis; The Rise and Fall of SSC; SSC Rises Again? Potential, Expectations, and Myths during the 2000s; Contemporary SSC: The Existing Literature...