Founder @ Savannah Capital | Development Finance, International Relations, Conservation
Great article on the global south by Ronak Gopaldas and ISS Africa. I agree with most points, not least the point on how diverse this group is - think of China, Mali and Somalia and their common interests internally as well as in relation to the equally diverse "global north". My main question and challenge: What can the global south as well as sub-groups and individual countries do on their own? Not least in #Africa I think the internal positioning as well as an implicit (and sometimes convenient) victim role is too often seen as the starting point. In my experience, there is no such thing as a free lunch - no matter how unfairly the funding of the lunch has been arrived at. Example: the articled uses Ukraine as an example where the West has engaged, but then partially neglected Gaza and Sudan and Ethiopia. This may be true, but what has Africa done on Ethiopia and Sudan? And what would be the right balance? Certainly worth reading. https://lnkd.in/dka5AHBK Nic Cheeseman Peter J Evans Dan Jørgensen Anne-Mette Kjær African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)
