This article is part of The Future of Global Development, a series for Devex Executive Members that explores what development leaders think of the industry’s top issues.
There’s no doubt that the global aid architecture is changing. There has been much talk about the rise of emerging donors, from the economic powerhouses in the “global south” collectively known as BRICS to the oil-rich Arab nations.
Indeed, while the rise in official development assistance in 2013 was largely buoyed by Western donors — many of which continue to wrestle with an improving but still weak economy — aid flows from emerging actors have certainly contributed to the upswing in aid spending.