OECD Unable, BRICS Unwilling: Can the International Development Assistance System Change?

... engagement between the responsible agencies, building of horizontal connections and expertise exchange are laying the groundwork for broader cooperation, including in humanitarian assistance. At present, the focus remains on relatively standardized humanitarian aid projects, but over the longer term, it would be valuable to explore the possibility of running international development assistance projects under the BRICS framework. While this may be less attractive to the group’s members, as it does not always align with national priorities, it could generate synergies by pooling the countries’ strengths and expertise....