South-South Cooperation: A Detailed Analysis of Benefits & Issues

This essay delves into the concept of South-South cooperation, which involves the exchange of resources and collaboration among countries within the Global South. It highlights the rapid growth in credit relationships, trade investments, and direct investments within this framework. The essay argues that countries involved in South-South cooperation often possess superior knowledge of regional political environments and are increasingly incorporating supra-regional business activities. The rise in regional trade agreements further contributes to development. However, the paper also addresses challenges such as misalignment with resource scarcity issues and lack of adequate information. While South-South cooperation fosters financial development, trade relations, and foreign direct investments, it faces hurdles in systematization and sustainability. The essay concludes by emphasizing the need for improved databases and project management to ensure long-term success and addresses the various cultural and geographical factors that impact this cooperation.

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Introduction
The South-South cooperation refer to the discussion on the exchange of the resources that
have been taking place within the various countries that constitute the political conditions of the
Global South. The ‘South–South’ cooperation is observed to have had a proper and faster growth
in terms of the credit relationships between the countries as well as the trade investments that are
carried out along with the direct investments that have been undertaken by the concerned
countries (Ray et al., 2015). The countries that are presented within the ‘South–South’
cooperation tend to demonstrate a better knowledge than the one that is chosen for the various
issues that are presented within the political environment of the given areas. The governing
entities of the ‘South–South’ cooperation developmental area tend to grow towards the
incorporation of the supra-regional business activities as well (Besharati, Rawhani & Rios,
2017). The experts further argue of the huge amount of the development might occur due to the
commendable rise in the regional trade agreements or the RTAs that have been presented within
the ‘South–South’ cooperation (Baillie Smith, Laurie & Griffiths, 2018). The encouragement on
the part of the governmental bodies tend to be helpful in the promotions of the proper
communication within the countries thereby leading to the greater amount of the opportunities
within the given countries to continue with the activities of the foreign direct investment
(Horner, 2016). The ‘South–South’ cooperation practices are, however, observed to be unaligned
with the concerned issues that are central to the development of the issues that are related to the
lack of the proper resources that are required in order to deal with the developing countries as
well as the lack of the proper information regarding the given country. The following paper
attempts to shed major light on the various benefits and the challenges that are associated with
the ‘South- South’ cooperation.

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Benefits of ‘South-South’ development cooperation
The major benefits of the ‘South–South’ cooperation might be discussed in the light of
the increase that was faced in terms of the issues that are related to the financial factors that
affect the concerned clientele within the given organizations. The major areas wherein the
development of the ‘South–South’ cooperation has been observed on a greater basis refers to the
areas of finance, trade and investment. The ‘South–South’ cooperation is observed to have had a
proper and faster growth in terms of the credit relationships between the countries as well as the
trade investments that are carried out along with the direct investments that have been
undertaken by the concerned countries (Muhr, 2016). The major factors that have led to the
development of the ‘South–South’ cooperation take into account the various ways in which the
financial factors tend to deal with the development that is faced by the given countries.
The trade relations that have been presented within the ‘South–South’ cooperation within
the given area of the global south tend to demonstrate a high nature of the growth as has been
compared to the other trade relations. The trade relations that have been presented in terms of the
‘North- South’ cooperation was observed to be capable of the development of the issues that are
related to the development in the trade and the financial sectors within the given organization as
well (Ray et al., 2015). It has been observed that the investors who have been present within the
global south trend to have the most appropriate and the most updated information regarding the
regional factors as compared to the people and the other business entities that are presented
within the given areas. The countries that are presented within the ‘South–South’ cooperation
tend to demonstrate a better knowledge than the one that is chosen for the various issues that are
presented within the political environment of the given areas (Lal, 2019). The trend of the better
development and performance of the ‘South–South’ cooperation has been observed to be in the

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rise since the year of 1995 and had shot to fame in the recent years. The experts argue on the fact
that the ‘South–South’ cooperation has demonstrated a huge amount of growth in the recent
years. The experts further suggested that the ‘South–South’ cooperation and trade had accounted
for over 26 percent of the total amount of the trading activities that had taken place in the year
2004 (Baillie Smith, Laurie & Griffiths, 2018).
The majority of the experts argue on the fact that the trade activities that are undertaken
or monitored by the ‘South–South’ cooperation tend to be intra-regional in nature. However, the
experts further state that the governing entities of the ‘South–South’ cooperation developmental
area tend to grow towards the incorporation of the supra-regional business activities as well
(Muhr, 2017). The experts further argue of the huge amount of the development might occur due
to the commendable rise in the regional trade agreements or the RTAs that have been presented
within the ‘South–South’ cooperation (Horner, 2016). The development of the performance of
the countries associated with the ‘South–South’ cooperation had led to the increase in the overall
trade revenues that are presented within the World Trade Organization as well. It has further
been observed that the World Trade Organization had developed into an institution that
demonstrates a multipolar–orientation from an institution that always bore the signs of the
domination by the western powers.
There has further been observed changes in the investment patterns that are under taken
by the people and the various business identities that are presented within the given organization.
A huge amount of surge is observed to have been observed within the activities that include the
high usage and the greater amount of investment in the FDIs or the foreign direct investments.
This has helped in the development of the ‘South–South’ cooperation as a growing area that
covered for all the other sectors within the given fields (Besharati, Rawhani & Rios, 2017). The

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FDIs or the foreign direct investments that are undertaken by the various countries enrolled in
the ‘South–South’ cooperation are majorly found to be concentrated on the service or the
infrastructure industry as well as the extractive industry that has been present within the given
and accessible territorial boundaries. The governmental bodies that are active within the ‘South–
South’ cooperation tend to deal in the matters that are related to the foreign direct investments
(Du Toit et al., 2017). The encouragement on the part of the governmental bodies tend to be
helpful in the promotions of the proper communication within the countries thereby leading to
the greater amount of the opportunities within the given countries to continue with the activities
of the foreign direct investment or the FDI.
The various developing countries that form a part of the ‘South–South’ cooperation is
found to be benefitting from the various factors that they are subjected to due to the
implementation of the ‘South–South’ cooperation. The ‘South–South’ cooperation is observed to
have had a proper and faster growth in terms of the credit relationships between the countries as
well as the trade investments that are carried out along with the direct investments that have been
undertaken by the concerned countries (Liu et al., 2017). The major factors that have led to the
development of the ‘South–South’ cooperation take into account the various ways in which the
financial factors tend to deal with the development that is faced by the given countries. The
‘South–South’ cooperation is further observed to have been influenced by the similarities in the
culture and the proximity in the geographical locations that they belong to (Hensengerth, 2018).
The countries are also observed to be maintaining the trade relationships with the countries that
had been in conflict with the given country in discussion. The proper maintenance of the ‘South–
South’ cooperation within the concerned countries have led to the promotion of the ‘South–
South’ banking activities within the concerned area as well. This has helped in the development

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of the ‘South–South’ cooperation as a growing area that covered for all the other sectors within
the given fields. The governmental bodies that are active within the ‘South–South’ cooperation
tend to deal in the matters that are related to the foreign direct investments (Amanor & Chichava,
2016). The encouragement on the part of the governmental bodies tend to be helpful in the
promotions of the proper communication within the countries thereby leading to the greater
amount of the opportunities within the given countries to continue with the activities that are
undertaken by the countries and the states that have been a part of the ‘South–South’ cooperation
active in the global south.
Challenges of ‘South-South’ development cooperation
The ‘South–South’ cooperation, despite having a huge plethora of benefits, do pose a
huge number of challenges as well. The concerned practice of the activities that are related to the
‘South–South’ cooperation has been facing issues in regards to the systematization of the given
setup of the ‘South–South’ cooperation (Corrêa, 2017). The ‘South–South’ cooperation practices
are observed to be unaligned with the concerned issues that are central to the development of the
issues that are related to the lack of the proper resources that are required in order to deal with
the developing countries as well as the lack of the proper information regarding the given
country.
In order to overcome the aforementioned challenging factor, the participating countries of
the ‘South–South’ cooperation have undertaken certain measures as well. The governing entities
of the ‘South–South’ cooperation developmental area tend to grow towards the incorporation of
the supra-regional business activities as well. The experts further argue of the huge amount of the
development might occur due to the commendable rise in the regional trade agreements or the
RTAs that have been presented within the ‘South–South’ cooperation (Espach, 2019). The

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development of the performance of the countries associated with the ‘South–South’ cooperation
had led to the increase in the overall trade revenues that are presented within the World Trade
Organization as well (Gasparri et al., 2016). However, the entities that have been involved with
the activities of the ‘South–South’ cooperation tend to deal in the development of the proper and
the needed database in order to deal with the various issues that are posed in terms of the
development of the ‘South–South’ cooperation.
The other challenge that is faced by the company results from the various systems that
are installed for the development of the ‘South–South’ cooperation. The experts argue that the
‘South–South’ cooperation is majorly concerned with the completion of the projects within the
given deadline but fails to keep an eye for the development of the issues that are presented within
the sustainability of the programs that are presented by the activities undertaken by the ‘South–
South’ cooperation (Darnell & Huish, 2017). The major factors that have led to the development
of the ‘South–South’ cooperation take into account the various ways in which the financial
factors tend to deal with the development that is faced by the given countries (Gosovic, 2018).
The ‘South–South’ cooperation is further observed to have been influenced by the similarities in
the culture and the proximity in the geographical locations that they belong to. The countries are
also observed to be maintaining the trade relationships with the countries that had been in
conflict with the given country in discussion (Gosovic, 2016). The proper maintenance of the
‘South–South’ cooperation within the concerned countries have led to the promotion of the
‘South–South’ banking activities within the concerned area as well. This has helped in the
development of the ‘South–South’ cooperation as a growing area that covered for all the other
sectors within the given fields. The governmental bodies that are active within the ‘South–South’
cooperation tend to deal in the matters that are related to the foreign direct investments.

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The other issue that has been observed to have been faced by the ‘South–South’
cooperation result from the factors that are related to the proper sharing of the knowledge within
the given areas. The experts opine that knowledge sharing within the globally south countries is
not a common event. Despite the high importance of the activity, people tend not to share the
knowledge that they possess thereby hindering the progress of the concerned country. The
‘South–South’ cooperation is observed to have had a proper and faster growth in terms of the
credit relationships between the countries as well as the trade investments that are carried out
along with the direct investments that have been undertaken by the concerned countries
(Carolini, Gallagher & Cruxên, 2018). The major factors that have led to the development of the
‘South–South’ cooperation take into account the various ways in which the financial factors tend
to deal with the development that is faced by the given countries. The ‘South–South’ cooperation
is further observed to have been influenced by the similarities in the culture and the proximity in
the geographical locations that they belong to (Chakroun, 2019). The countries are also observed
to be maintaining the trade relationships with the countries that had been in conflict with the
given country in discussion. This might be avoided through the sharing of the acquired
knowledge within the trade partners. This might help in the development of the proper trade
relationships within the ‘South–South’ cooperation thereby leading to the financial gains of the
various countries that are involved in the activity as well as in the matters that are related to the
overall gain of the concerned country.
The countries that are presented within the ‘South–South’ cooperation tend to
demonstrate a better knowledge than the one that is chosen for the various issues that are
presented within the political environment of the given areas. The trend of the better
development and performance of the ‘South–South’ cooperation has been observed to be in the

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rise since the year of 1995 and had shot to fame in the recent years (Brum & Knobel, 2018). The
experts argue on the fact that the ‘South–South’ cooperation has demonstrated a huge amount of
growth in the recent years. The lag in the sharing of the gained knowledge is one of the major
challenges that are faced by the countries that are involved in the ‘South–South’ cooperation.
The lack of the proper knowledge within the given organization leads to the stunting of the
overall growth of the company in the given markets (Marcondes & Mawdsley, 2017). The
‘South–South’ cooperation activities might face a stunting in the growth due to the challenges
that it has been facing in the proper operations within the company. The countries are also
observed to be maintaining the trade relationships with the countries that had been in conflict
with the given country in discussion. This might be avoided through the sharing of the acquired
knowledge within the trade partners. The ‘South–South’ cooperation is majorly concerned with
the completion of the projects within the given deadline but fails to keep an eye for the
development of the issues that are presented within the sustainability of the programs that are
presented by the activities undertaken by the ‘South–South’ cooperation (Shankland &
Gonçalves, 2016). The major factors that have led to the development of the ‘South–South’
cooperation take into account the various ways in which the financial factors tend to deal with
the development that is faced by the given countries.
Conclusion
The above discussion might be concluded by stating that the ‘South–South’ cooperation
tends to demonstrate a huge number of issues that might hamper the overall performance of the
company in the given markets. The proper maintenance of the ‘South–South’ cooperation within
the concerned countries have led to the promotion of the ‘South–South’ banking activities within
the concerned area as well. This has helped in the development of the ‘South–South’ cooperation

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as a growing area that covered for all the other sectors within the given fields. The governmental
bodies that are active within the ‘South–South’ cooperation tend to deal in the matters that are
related to the foreign direct investments. The encouragement on the part of the governmental
bodies tend to be helpful in the promotions of the proper communication within the countries
thereby leading to the greater amount of the opportunities within the given countries to continue
with the activities of the foreign direct investment. The concerned practice of the activities that
are related to the ‘South–South’ cooperation has been facing issues in regards to the
systematization of the given setup of the ‘South–South’ cooperation. The ‘South–South’
cooperation practices are observed to be unaligned with the concerned issues that are central to
the development of the issues that are related to the lack of the proper resources that are required
in order to deal with the developing countries as well as the lack of the proper information
regarding the given country. Thus, it might safely be opined that the incorporation of the ‘South–
South’ cooperation has led to the overall developments at the international levels as well.

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