Southern Powers and Global Development

Responsible but Different

Laura Trajber Waisbich (University of Oxford)

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English

Bristol University Press
16 October 2025

Development studies; Central government policies; Geopolitics

Responsibility and accountability are key concepts in global development, and no less so in the case of south-south cooperation (SSC). This book illustrates how donorship responsibility and accountability are being debated, negotiated and operationalised in the context of rising powers' development cooperation.

By: Laura Trajber Waisbich (University of Oxford)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529247930
ISBN 10: 1529247934
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 16 October 2025
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Further / Higher Education , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Introduction Part 1: Rising Powers, Greater Responsibilities 1. Rising Powers in Global Development and the Paradox of Responsibility Part 2: Development Cooperation and Its Discontents: The Accountability Problem 2. The Accountability Problem in Aidland 3. The Accountability Problem in Southern-Led Development Cooperation Part 3: Responding to Accountability Deficits in South-South Cooperation: Traveling Models and Southern Agency 4. Monitoring Infrastructures and Measuring Battles: Showing, Counting, and Accounting South-South Cooperation 5. Monitoring Movements: Civil Society Engagement with and Contestation of Southern-Led Development Cooperation Conclusion: Re-Negotiating Differentiated Responsibilities in a Fractured World

Laura Trajber Waisbich is Deputy Director of Programs at the Igarapé Institute.