External publications

Still in its infancy: UN country-level support for South-South Cooperation in middle income countries

Haug, Sebastian
External Publications (2016)

in: United Nations System Staff College and Hertie School of Governancep, UN Reflection Series 2016: development cooperation, policy advice and middle income countries - Proceedings, Berlin: Neopuli GmbH, 85-102

ISBN: 978-3-7418-7808-4
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Large Middle Income Countries (MICs) have been positioning themselves as providers of South-South cooperation (SSC) at regional and global levels. In that context, the United Nations (UN) system has been exploring new modalities in order to expand and redesign its support to MIC governments’ SSC efforts. This paper investigates two case studies in order to identify key elements of UN SSC support in large MICs and makes two contributions. First, it analyses empirical evidence on how the UN system has been supporting MIC’s SSC at the country level, namely in China and Mexico. Second, based on these insights it revisits claims on the added value of UN SSC support in order to point to potentials and challenges of the UN’s engagement with SSC.