Russia is unique among emerging donors for being a ‘re-emerging' donor: the Soviet Union was one of the largest donor countries in the world, and Russia's period as an aid recipient was relatively brief. Russian development cooperation is driven by key security and economic priorities, as well...

Similar to the other BRICS countries (Brazil, China, India and South Africa), since 2007 Russia has been creating, or rather ‘re-creating', an international development assistance programme and has become an active global development cooperation partner. While the Soviet Union was one of the...

The paper analyses efforts made by the G8 and G20 in the sphere of international development assistance. The assessment of the G8 and G20 agendas on development, the capabilities of two institutions to respond to and address the changes occurring in global agenda for development is implemented...

This paper attempts to put G8 and G20 institutions within the same assessment paradigm on the basis of a functional framework. This approach allows comparing the G8 and G20 across at least three groups of indicators: performance of global governance functions, accountability and compliance...

Global governance is the reality of the contemporary world. The Group of Seven (G7) and Group of Eight (G8) and the Group of 20 (G20) are indispensable institutions of contemporary global governance, and global governance institutions should be answerable for their actions (or inactions)...

The pace of global recovery remains weak. More than twelve months since the G-20 summit in Los Cabos, G-20 members are laboring their way towards “Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth” in a clouded world economic outlook, with the eurozone in a state of recession, a combination of policy...

This article focuses on the two new multilateral development banks dominated by emerging economies: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and New Development Bank. The authors explore the main economic and political incentives that lie behind the creation of these institutions, examine challenges...

The G20 and the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have been working on shared agendas since the BRICS leaders' first meeting in 2009. Despite the widespread belief that the BRICS competes with the G20, the BRICS recognises the G20 as a key forum for dialogue and...

Russian Abstract: Неформальный характер зачастую провоцирует обвинения «двадцатки» в отсутствии легитимности и эффективности. Наш анализ показывает, что такая критика...

Russian Abstract: В материале представлен сравнительный анализ механизмов привлечения капитала, операционных инструментов и условий поддержки проектов НБР, АБИИ и...