Various parts of the United Nations (UN) system have been part of the definition and implementation of technical cooperation among developing countries (TCDC), South-South cooperation (SSC) and ...triangular cooperation (TrC) over the years since the Buenos Aires Plan of Action of 1978 (BAPA). This paper will take the view that there is a perception that South-South and triangular cooperation have not achieved their potential to be transformative because accompanying changes needed for the modalities have not been pursued fully and thus these development modalities seemingly remain largely cosmetic. To respond to this perception, the authors will review what was expected of the United Nations development systems (UNDS) from Bandung to Buenos Aires and what has been achieved since noting the constraints of lack of data and measurement.
Various parts of the United Nations (UN) system have been part of the definition and implementation of technical cooperation among developing countries (TCDC), South-South cooperation (SSC) and ...triangular cooperation (TrC) over the years since the Buenos Aires Plan of Action of 1978 (BAPA). This paper will take the view that there is a perception that South-South and triangular cooperation have not achieved their potential to be transformative because accompanying changes needed for the modalities have not been pursued fully and thus these development modalities seemingly remain largely cosmetic. To respond to this perception, the authors will review what was expected of the United Nations development systems (UNDS) from Bandung to Buenos Aires and what has been achieved since noting the constraints of lack of data and measurement.
Improvement of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is one of the key factors for the urgently needed alleviation of poverty and environmental health problems in developing countries. Considering ...the unlikely increase of Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the near future, it is of an utmost importance for Japanese waste management experts to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Japanese international cooperation in the field of MSWM. Waste problems in developing countries are different from those in Japan reflecting natural, socio-economic and cultural conditions of the societies in concern. As such, it is requested to carry out international cooperation activities taking into account these local conditions. This article tries to extract common features of MSWM problems in developing countries, summarize the methodologies so far developed to overcome such problems and indicate issues to be dealt with for better international cooperation.
In this paper, one of a series of Unesco technical reports, the author examines the idea of "technical cooperation among developing countries" (TCDC) and how it might lead to a "new international ...economic order" (NIEO). The first part of the paper contains a short history of TCDC. TCDC is seen by many as a self-help cooperative venture restricted to the participation of the developing nations themselves. However, if the substantive content of TCDC continues to be in the scientific and technological areas only, as it has so far and as it is discussed in the Kuwait Declaration, then advances in cooperation among developing countries will almost certainly remain subject to the dominance of developed countries. As to the viability of TCDC, the author states that under present circumstances, TCDC cannot but remain a partial strategy toward a NIEO. It is unrealistic to expect poor countries to invest much enthusiasm in an aspect of NIEO which sometimes has been called the "sharing of poverty." When considering Unesco's capabilities and potential for educational contributions to technical cooperation among poor countries, the author recommends it continue to use the regional conferences, networks, seminars, and offices which have long been instrumental in the exchange of information and experiences among countries facing similar obstacles to improving their conditions. (Author/RM)
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