Leah Polonenko is a research consultant and project evaluator of social policies in Africa. She is Project Coordinator for the Kenyan Portfolio of Edu-Vision 2020 and a Research Fellow with the Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa.

• List ofFigures and TablesAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsand AcronymsForeword INTRODUCTIONConceptualFoundations of South‑South CooperationLeahMcMillan Polonenko, Hany Besada, M. Evren Tok,and AjaratBada PART 1: SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION: POLICIES ANDPROGRAMSCHAPTER 1Fulfillingthe Promise of South‑South CooperationManmohanAgarwal CHAPTER 2South-SouthCooperation Blocs and Influence in Development AssistanceNatashaFernando CHAPTER 3TriangularCooperation: Another Option for South-South Cooperation?ChristinaS. Lengfelder CHAPTER 4Fragile-to-FragileCooperation: An Example of a New Trend in South‑SouthCooperation?KarolinaWerner PART 2: CASE STUDIES FROM CHINA, AFRICA,BRAZIL, INDONESIA, AND TURKEYCHAPTER 5South-SouthCooperation with Chinese CharacteristicsWardWarmerdam and Arjan de Haan CHAPTER 6China andAfrica: Somewhere Between Economic Integration and Cooperative ExploitationArianeGoetz CHAPTER 7What Doesthe Evidence Say about Contemporary China-Africa Relations?BarassouDiawara and Kobena T. Hanson CHAPTER 8South-SouthCooperation’s Contribution to Local Development and Urban Planning in AfricaCristinaD’Alessandro CHAPTER 9NaturalResource Governance in Africa: Insights from Governance Initiatives onConflict-Prone Minerals and Sustainable ForestryDr. J.Andrew Grant CHAPTER 10Emergenceof Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and the Imperative for African Economies toStrategically Enhance Trade-Related South‑SouthCooperationSimon Mevel CHAPTER 11Learningfrom Peers: How Brazil and Indonesia Are Structuring Institutional andOperational Models for South‑South Knowledge ExchangeKarin CostaVazquez CHAPTER 12An EmergingDonor in Retrospect: Understanding Turkey’s Development Assistance ActivismAylinYardımcı ContributorsIndex

Leah Polonenko is a research consultant and project evaluator of social policies in Africa. She is Project Coordinator for the Kenyan Portfolio of Edu-Vision 2020 and a Research Fellow with the Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa.

• List ofFigures and TablesAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsand AcronymsForeword INTRODUCTIONConceptualFoundations of South‑South CooperationLeahMcMillan Polonenko, Hany Besada, M. Evren Tok,and AjaratBada PART 1: SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION: POLICIES ANDPROGRAMSCHAPTER 1Fulfillingthe Promise of South‑South CooperationManmohanAgarwal CHAPTER 2South-SouthCooperation Blocs and Influence in Development AssistanceNatashaFernando CHAPTER 3TriangularCooperation: Another Option for South-South Cooperation?ChristinaS. Lengfelder CHAPTER 4Fragile-to-FragileCooperation: An Example of a New Trend in South‑SouthCooperation?KarolinaWerner PART 2: CASE STUDIES FROM CHINA, AFRICA,BRAZIL, INDONESIA, AND TURKEYCHAPTER 5South-SouthCooperation with Chinese CharacteristicsWardWarmerdam and Arjan de Haan CHAPTER 6China andAfrica: Somewhere Between Economic Integration and Cooperative ExploitationArianeGoetz CHAPTER 7What Doesthe Evidence Say about Contemporary China-Africa Relations?BarassouDiawara and Kobena T. Hanson CHAPTER 8South-SouthCooperation’s Contribution to Local Development and Urban Planning in AfricaCristinaD’Alessandro CHAPTER 9NaturalResource Governance in Africa: Insights from Governance Initiatives onConflict-Prone Minerals and Sustainable ForestryDr. J.Andrew Grant CHAPTER 10Emergenceof Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and the Imperative for African Economies toStrategically Enhance Trade-Related South‑SouthCooperationSimon Mevel CHAPTER 11Learningfrom Peers: How Brazil and Indonesia Are Structuring Institutional andOperational Models for South‑South Knowledge ExchangeKarin CostaVazquez CHAPTER 12An EmergingDonor in Retrospect: Understanding Turkey’s Development Assistance ActivismAylinYardımcı ContributorsIndex

Leah Polonenko is a research consultant and project evaluator of social policies in Africa. She is Project Coordinator for the Kenyan Portfolio of Edu-Vision 2020 and a Research Fellow with the Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa.

• List ofFigures and TablesAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsand AcronymsForeword INTRODUCTIONConceptualFoundations of South‑South CooperationLeahMcMillan Polonenko, Hany Besada, M. Evren Tok,and AjaratBada PART 1: SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION: POLICIES ANDPROGRAMSCHAPTER 1Fulfillingthe Promise of South‑South CooperationManmohanAgarwal CHAPTER 2South-SouthCooperation Blocs and Influence in Development AssistanceNatashaFernando CHAPTER 3TriangularCooperation: Another Option for South-South Cooperation?ChristinaS. Lengfelder CHAPTER 4Fragile-to-FragileCooperation: An Example of a New Trend in South‑SouthCooperation?KarolinaWerner PART 2: CASE STUDIES FROM CHINA, AFRICA,BRAZIL, INDONESIA, AND TURKEYCHAPTER 5South-SouthCooperation with Chinese CharacteristicsWardWarmerdam and Arjan de Haan CHAPTER 6China andAfrica: Somewhere Between Economic Integration and Cooperative ExploitationArianeGoetz CHAPTER 7What Doesthe Evidence Say about Contemporary China-Africa Relations?BarassouDiawara and Kobena T. Hanson CHAPTER 8South-SouthCooperation’s Contribution to Local Development and Urban Planning in AfricaCristinaD’Alessandro CHAPTER 9NaturalResource Governance in Africa: Insights from Governance Initiatives onConflict-Prone Minerals and Sustainable ForestryDr. J.Andrew Grant CHAPTER 10Emergenceof Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and the Imperative for African Economies toStrategically Enhance Trade-Related South‑SouthCooperationSimon Mevel CHAPTER 11Learningfrom Peers: How Brazil and Indonesia Are Structuring Institutional andOperational Models for South‑South Knowledge ExchangeKarin CostaVazquez CHAPTER 12An EmergingDonor in Retrospect: Understanding Turkey’s Development Assistance ActivismAylinYardımcı ContributorsIndex