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“India’s Research and Information System for Developing Countries” (RIS) is a major initiative in the area of South-South Cooperation. Discuss.

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  • India and the Global South

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South-South Cooperation (SSC), codified in the Buenos Aires Plan of Action (1978), is horizontal exchange of knowledge, skills and resources among developing countries, resting on national ownership, non-conditionality and mutual benefit. The Research and Information System for Developing Countries, known as RIS and set up in New Delhi in May 1983 as an autonomous institute,…

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