The Disruptive Role of MICs in the Development Cooperation System

Abstract

Abstract The emergence of middle-income countries (MICs) has increased the complexity of the international system and opened the space to a more comprehensive and universal development agenda. Additionally, through their role as providers of South–South cooperation (SSC), MICs have broken the strict donor/recipient duality that has characterized development cooperation policy and have widened the options for poor countries to receive international support. The chapter discusses the new theoretical foundations on which the development cooperation system should be based, as well as the new boundaries in which this policy should be deployed. Based on these changes, the chapter sheds some light on the role that MICs can play in the new development cooperation system, considering their dual role, as recipients and providers, as well as the implications that this engagement has for the rules, standards, and governance of the cooperation system.

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