Recipients and Contributors: Middle income countries and the future of development cooperation
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Authors’ note: In the interests of providing a succinct and readable paper, we have tended to eschew a reiteration of context, evidence and argument found in our previous papers, and those of other analysts, in favour or arriving more swiftly at proposals for policy makers and development practitioners. We have kept references down to a minimumWe wish to thank Department for International Development (DFID), of the United Kingdom, Secretaría General de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (SGCID), of Spain, and the UN Foundation for their support for this paper and their useful comments, along with comments from Nancy Birdsall, Shoayb Casoo, Christian Freres and Daniel Titelman. None of the institutions and individuals previously mentioned is responsible for opinions, gaps or mistakes which the document may contain, as these remain the authors’ exclusive responsibility. ABSTRACT
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