Author: Olly Owen, Chris Melville.

The world economy is being reshaped by new technologies, services, and trading relationships. Much of this dynamism is fuelled by ambitious developing-world nation-states like Brazil, India and South Africa. As governments, businesses and regional blocs in the global south expand their horizons, they increasingly bypass rich northern states. But is this “south-south cooperation” any more progressive or less selfish than the more familiar – and hegemonic – “north-south relationship”?