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22 24 October 2015
Development Cooperation,
Policy Advice and
Middle Income Countries
UN Reflection
Series 2015
This is the question the UN Reflection series will
focus on, and it goes beyond the size of the
resource envelope into the particular
requirements a group of MICs may have in
areas where partners are typically not
providing policy advisory services.
In other words, are partners able to switch from
what one could call bricks and mortar
approaches to development to sophisticated
catalytic support that will help countries get out
of the middle income trap?
The World Bank refers to some of the
challenges to be tackled as second generation
development challenges, and it includes a
focus on ageing populations, pension reform,
tertiary
education,
social
inequality,
competitiveness, trade and tax policy, financial
literacy, green growth and urbanisation. These
challenges are neither universal in Middle
Income Countries, nor do they represent the
only challenges in these countries. But they
highlight critical areas of support that could be
new to some of the development partners,
including the UN field oriented Agencies.
Development partners must build their own
capacity to provide effective policy advisory
services in these (new) areas. And, with
institutions like the UN, it is vital that it does so
building on its normative role as a real
comparative advantage.
Development Cooperation,
Policy Advice and
Middle Income Countries