South Centre, Web Site Of The SOUTH IGO

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The South Centre (the Centre) is an intergovernmental organization of developing countries established by an Intergovernmental Agreement (Treaty) which came into force on 31 July 1995 with its headquarters in Geneva.

The South Centre has grown out of the work and experience of the South Commission and its follow-up mechanism, and from recognition of the need for enhanced South-South co-operation. The Report of the South Commission -- emphasized that the South is not well organized at the global level and has thus not been effective in mobilizing its considerable combined expertise and experience, nor its bargaining power.

The South Centre is therefore intended to meet the need for analysis of development problems and experience, as well as to provide intellectual and policy support required by developing countries for collective and individual action, particularly in the international arena.

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South Bulletin (South Centre, Issue 55, 11 July 2011): Capital Flows Booms & Busts Damaging to South

This issue of South Bulletin focuses on the adverse effects of the boom and bust cycle in capital flows into and out of developing countries, which has caused adverse effects in many economies.

After the financial crisis, capital flows resumed their large surge into some developing countries.  This has caused them many problems, such as currency appreciation affecting their trade, excess money, asset price boom and inflation

South-South Cooperation

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Two new documents discuss South-South cooperation. One, prepared for the annual session of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund, reports on the implementation of the third cooperation framework (2005-2007) and recommends further efforts to enhance such international cooperation (DP/2007/30). The other, prepared for the 15th session of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation, considers the reports of the UNDP Administrator, and recommends further mainstreaming of South-South cooperation programmes throughout the UN system (SSC/15/2).

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