This open access handbook analyses the role of development cooperation in achieving the 2030 Agenda in a global context of ‘contested cooperation’. Development actors, including governments providing aid or South-South Cooperation, developing countries, and non-governmental actors (civil...

With sharp economic growth, the international focus on aid programmes of emerging economies, including India, has gone up considerably. The timing of Indian announcement, of setting up of a new and specialised agency for international cooperation, has further fuelled global speculations about an...

The current framework of development cooperation is dominated by the experiences of industrialized countries. But emerging economies have begun to accelerate their own development programmes, and attempts to bring them into existing aid models have been met with caution. This expert volume...

Sustainable Agriculture & Livelihood Challenges -- Knowledge Capital and New Economy -- Health: Access, Prevention and Wellness -- Integrated Development and Sustainable Cities -- Blue Economy as a Growth Driver -- Entrepreneurship and Gender Equality -- Infrastructure Development and Reducing...