«What Is Development Cooperation?»

This document defines development cooperation as a broad area of international action in which several modalities of support can operate. It states that the arrival of the SDGs would further cement the importance of the non-financial forms of Development Cooperation, and that all DC agents will need to assess how much they are availing themselves of these options. It also argues that if the MDGs allowed a focus on aid as the main conduit of international support, the same is not the case for the SDGs, which pointedly emphasise a host of other measures required to support progress – some systemic, some context - specific