Our paper focuses on the cross-border cooperation in regional development. Specifically, it examines effect of open borders and international for sustainable development regions. We show that barriers hampering free movement capital labour often lead to worsening economic social conditions border regions have negative effects Moreover, we provide evidence from recent history examples European U...

• Brazil’s aid to developing countries is expanding, with the country set to overtake smaller DAC donors and even to catch China and India. • Lessons from other emerging donors and from trilateral cooperation could help Brazil to address the political, institutional and technical constraints to its aid programme. • The Brazil example shows the need for evidence on the quality, impact and value-...