This book is the second volume of PPD Population Policy Series (first one is Population Trends and Policy Options in Selected Developing Countries, 2012). The Global Commission on Ageing in…
South-South Cooperation in Catalyzing Achievement of ICPD and SDGs 2030 Agenda (PPD, 2019)
The world community will celebrate the 25th anniversary of International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in April 2019 along with celebrating of 25 years of Partners in Population and…
Sharing Innovative Experiences: Experiences in Addressing Population and Reproductive Health Challenges (2011)
Recognizing the potential usefulness of such successful experiences to other countries in similar situations, PPD, with the financial support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Packard Foundation,…
The devastating impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) on developing countries have tested the limits, ingenuity and flexibility of development co-operation while also uncovering best practices. This 58th edition of the Development…
UNDRR: Reducing Risk and Building Resilience of SMEs to Disasters
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including micro SMEs, are the bedrock of global, national, and local markets. Two in every three people works in an SME (OECD 2019).1 When disaster strikes, SMEs are…
COVID-19 has served as a reminder that we live in a closely interdependent world that brings opportunities but also carries dangers. It has, just as importantly, shed light on a…
United Nations Fund for South-South Cooperation: Results Report 2018-2019
United Nations Fund for South-South Cooperation (UNFSSC) is a voluntary trust fund established in 1996 by the Member States to support South-South cooperation partnerships for the benefit of developing countries…
How Islamic finance contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (OECD, 2020)
This report by OECD identifies the opportunities that Islamic finance presents for donors, as they look to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To achieve the SDGs by 2030, Arab…
Future of Regional Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific (ADB, 2020)
This publication by Asian Development Bank (ADB) focuses on areas within four broad themes for spurring policy efforts toward creating more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable future for Asia-Pacific economies by:…
IAEA Technical Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific
The IAEA’s technical cooperation (TC) programme in Asia and the Pacific collaborates with 41 Member States and territories and provides support to 38 countries and territories in the peaceful application…
Atoms for Peace and Development: How the IAEA supports the Sustainable Development Goals
The IAEA makes peaceful nuclear technology available to its Member States in many fields including energy, human health, food production, water management and environmental protection — all important areas recognized…
The IAEA Technical Cooperation Report for 2019 provides an overview of the Agency’s Technical Cooperation (TC) activities, covering actions to strengthen the technical cooperation programme, programme resources and delivery, and…
Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the Context of Food Security
Recognizing the vast repository of knowledge available in the Global South on good practices in South-South and triangular cooperation and lessons learned that can be shared with a variety of…
The Art of Knowledge Exchange: A Results-focused Planning Guide for Development Practitioners
This planning guide by World Bank is for anyone who wishes to design, implement, and measure a results-oriented knowledge exchange initiative. While it can be used by anyone, it is…
Designing and implementing Study Tours that get results can be a big undertaking. This Guide by World Bank, "The Art of Designing and Implementing Study Tours", aims to take out…
This handbook by World Bank offers a simple, systematic guide to creating a knowledge-sharing practice in your organization. It shows how to build the enabling environment and develop the skills…
Compounded Challenges: How Developing Countries are Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asia and the Pacific
As the world is struggling with the severe health, economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the developing countries are at greater risk from this global shock. With limited…
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis demands that we Southern countries and cities work together and learn from each other's experiences. As emphasized by Ms Xiaojun Grace Wang, Deputy Director of the…
Assessment Framework for National Ecosystem for South-South and Triangular Cooperation (IsDB, 2020)
As highlighted in the BAPA+40 Outcome Document, the increasing complexity and sophistication, as well as the substantial scale of SSTrC, call for more effective institutional arrangements. To contribute to the…
Trading Together — Reviving Middle East & North Africa Regional Integration in the Post-COVID Era (World Bank, 2020)
Trade and integration — within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and with the rest of the world — will be critical to lowering poverty, empowering the poor,…
Reflections on the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the World
Over the course of this pandemic period, the world is facing many challenges in addition to the health crisis. This way, social media arose as imperative tools to build up…
What Do We Know About Exchange for Development? (Norec, 2019)
This report by Norec does a cross-section of most external reports commissioned by Norec over the last 20 years to evaluate and refine its work models and approaches. It focuses…
Study of Government Institutions: Exchange of Staff (Norec, 2019)
This report by Norec discusses the benefits and challenges of international personnel exchange for Government and semi-Government institutions, in particular with respect to individual and institutional learning. It examins the…
Reciprocity in International Volunteer Cooperation (Norec, 2016)
“Reciprocity” has become a common buzzword in international development cooperation. Its virtues are often touted with little critical reflection on the depth of the concept or how the principles of…