ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on emerging donors as a subcategory of Southern donors, representing the leading actors in South-South Cooperation (SSC). It provides some more detail to the characteristics of the so-called 'emerging donors'. The developing countries are unique since their provision of development assistance simultaneously have similarities and differences to 'traditional' Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development/Development Assistance Committee (OECD/DAC) donors and to other 'developing' countries that abide to SSC. The chapter focuses on a few number of 'emerging' donors: Brazil, China, India, and South Africa. While other countries can fall under this classification, these four nations are particularly relevant in other dimensions of current international affairs – being also labelled emerging countries and four of the five BRICS nations. The chapter shows that even after debates regarding definitions and categories are dealt with, and certain boundaries are chosen, the need to refine the analysis does not end.
