Emerging Economies, Disaster Risk Reduction, and South–South Cooperation: The Case of Mexico

TY - JOUR

T1 - Emerging Economies, Disaster Risk Reduction, and South–South Cooperation: The Case of Mexico

AU - Renwick, Neil

N1 - © 2018 The Author. IDS Bulletin © Institute of Development Studies | DOI: 10.19088/1968-2018.149 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND), which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited, the work is not used for commercial purposes, and no modifications or adaptations are made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode The IDS Bulletin is published by Institute of Development Studies, Library Road, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK This article is part of IDS Bulletin Vol. 49 No. 3 July 2018: ‘Emerging Economies and the Changing Dynamics of Development Cooperation’; the Introduction is also recommended reading.

PY - 2018/7/30

Y1 - 2018/7/30

N2 - The emerging economies attract global attention, with intense debate over the question of what they contribute to the global agenda that is distinctive and new. These economies differ from each other in various economic, political and cultural ways, but hold a brand understand- ing and approach on key challenges of sustainable development, climate change mitigation and disaster risk reduction (DRR). This approach contributes to advancing South–South co- operation (SSC). This article focuses on the approach of these economies to DRR, using the case of Mexico, a so-called ‘MINT’ emerging economy, to examine this question. Mexico, one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to natural disasters, has been applauded by lead- ing international DRR figures for its commitment and practical response to DRR. The article explores this DRR response and what Mexico’s story has to offer to other countries in the context of SSC and its emerging role in international development cooperation (IDC). It ar- gues that Mexico’s DRR story has many important positive aspects to contribute to SSC knowledge-sharing and IDC, but it also illustrates continuing challenges of financing, admin- istration and politics for emerging and developing economies alike.

AB - The emerging economies attract global attention, with intense debate over the question of what they contribute to the global agenda that is distinctive and new. These economies differ from each other in various economic, political and cultural ways, but hold a brand understand- ing and approach on key challenges of sustainable development, climate change mitigation and disaster risk reduction (DRR). This approach contributes to advancing South–South co- operation (SSC). This article focuses on the approach of these economies to DRR, using the case of Mexico, a so-called ‘MINT’ emerging economy, to examine this question. Mexico, one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to natural disasters, has been applauded by lead- ing international DRR figures for its commitment and practical response to DRR. The article explores this DRR response and what Mexico’s story has to offer to other countries in the context of SSC and its emerging role in international development cooperation (IDC). It ar- gues that Mexico’s DRR story has many important positive aspects to contribute to SSC knowledge-sharing and IDC, but it also illustrates continuing challenges of financing, admin- istration and politics for emerging and developing economies alike.

KW - emerging economies

U2 - 10.19088/1968-2018.149

DO - 10.19088/1968-2018.149

M3 - Article

VL - 49

SP - 73

EP - 92

JO - IDS Bulletin

JF - IDS Bulletin

SN - 0265-5012

IS - 3

ER -