This article is about the role of southern Knowledge Based Organisations (KBOs) in shaping and influencing international development cooperation, focusing on Brazilian KBOs.
“The role of KBOs is not confined to informing the government. Part of their task is to work with the media, universities and civil society organisations to expand and qualify the debate, based on evidence. They have also become important actors in formulating and expanding the global discourse on development, inequality, climate change etc. Although KBOs are just one of a variety of civil society actors, they often become representatives of civil society in global policymaking, ensuring excluded voices influence international policymaking.”
Authors: Bianca Suyama and Iara Leite
Published in Poverty in focus magazine Number 24, pp. 38-40
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