Building bridges? South African foreign policy and trilateral development cooperation

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Title:	Building bridges? South African foreign policy and trilateral development cooperation
Author:	Masters, Lesley
Year:	2014
Periodical:	South African Journal of International Affairs (ISSN 1938-0275)
Volume:	21
Issue:	2
Pages:	177-191
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	development cooperation international cooperation foreign policy
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2014.942206
Abstract:	As questions concerning international development climb the international agenda, so countries find themselves drawn into a burgeoning number of negotiations on issues ranging from the future shape and direction of the post-2015 development agenda to 'aid effectiveness' and international development cooperation. Moving from the position of a 'beneficiary' state in the traditional donor-recipient aid hierarchy, South Africa is looking to define its own niche within the wider development diplomacy context as a development partner. This paper provides an assessment of South Africa's evolving approach towards international development cooperation, with a particular focus on trilateral development cooperation, and what this means for Pretoria's foreign policy in bridging the divide between developed and developing country positions within the international development regime. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]