Article
Directions in a Post-aid World? South–South Development Cooperation and CSOs in Latin America
VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
(2017)
Abstract
The architecture of international aid to developing and emerging economies is undergoing significant change. Post-aid world conditions will reshape relationships between international aid actors including donors, civil society organizations (CSOs), governments, and other institutions. These trends draw attention to South–South Development Cooperation (SSDC) as a promising direction in regions like Latin America. CSOs’ participation in SSDC might challenge and divert the dependency and power asymmetries in traditional North–South aid. As potential adaptive strategy for CSOs, SSDC diversifies the actors involved in aid and the resources exchanged, and produces different development discourses. The article outlines SSDC as an alternative development model and specifically considers the participation of CSOs. It provides a case of CSOs’ participation in SSDC in the region of Latin America. As research on CSOs in SSDC is limited, the article contributes to its further understanding and provides further avenues of research.
Keywords
- international aid,
- post-aid,
- aid dependency,
- alternative development,
- civil society,
- networks
Disciplines
Publication Date
February 6, 2017
DOI
10.1007/s11266-017-9838-0
Publisher Statement
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Citation Information
Appe, S. Voluntas (2017). doi:10.1007/s11266-017-9838-0