ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book shows Indian cooperation evolved along a parallel track with its recipient experience and, over time, has shaped a new understanding of donor and recipient as mutual beneficiaries and equal partners. Accordingly, India centre's its development compact on five components: capacity building and skills transfer, technology and technical assistance, development finance, grants and trade, and investment. Today, Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC) still anchor the whole of Indian South-South cooperation (SSC). India's vibrant nongovernmental organisations (NGO) have also extended their reach beyond national borders. The Development Partnership Administration (DPA) could delegate the latter to local mission implementing agencies and to India's Exim Bank. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developments Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) has made efforts to coax India, China, Brazil, and others to join the traditional donor forum.
