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

... partnership format. This omission, in part, comes from the differences in approaches and priorities in international development assistance: Egypt and Ethiopia remain exclusively aid recipients; China, India, Indonesia and South Africa are part of the South–South cooperation framework; while Russia and the Arab states are often grouped separately. There is no consensus on the place of “new donors,” and BRICS in particular, in the international aid architecture. On the one hand, their aid volumes are still small in contrast with those ...