Development co-operation: New perspectives from developing countries - Introduction for special issue of Development Policy Review

The nature of development co-operation
has changed rapidly
in recent years. Developing countries have access to a
more diverse range of financing sources, including non-traditional
providers of bilateral development co-operation,
new or emerging multilateral and regional
institutions, philanthropic organizations and private investors.
These changes raise pressing questions about how the
policies and practices of external providers of development
finance must evolve, both to meet changing development
priorities and to ensure that the overall development
assistance effort from all providers is optimal. This article
introduces a special issue of Development Policy Review
that presents new perspectives from developing countries
on the roles that development finance should play. This
introduction highlights commonalities and differences
among the articles contained in the special issue, and concludes
with next steps for research and policy.