ABSTRACT
Perhaps the single most important trend within the development sector in the last five to ten years has been the growth in the number, visibility and impacts of Southern, Gulf and Central/East European countries as donors and development partners. They are now estimated to contribute around 12-15 per cent of global overseas development assistance (Park 2011), although these figures are open to all sorts of questions about definitions and measurements. Nonetheless, it is clear that the rising powers are becoming larger and more important as development donors and partners. These actors have profound implications for poorer people and poorer countries; and for global development norms, governance and the international aid and cooperation architecture (Mawdsley 2012).
