South-South trade corridors and the architecture of commerce
We map trade corridors and the bilateral settlement mechanisms that increasingly carry them. Our analysis looks at how supply chain resilience, currency arrangements, and commodity flows shape the macroeconomic trends now emerging across the Global South.
Industrial policy, resource sovereignty, and logistics infrastructure are examined alongside the regional development banks and institutional financing frameworks that support them.
Policy themes
Where trade policy meets regional finance
Development finance
Institutional financing frameworks
We examine how regional development banks and institutional financing frameworks structure investment, and what those arrangements mean for trade and infrastructure across southern economies.
Regional trade pacts
Bilateral settlement and regional agreements
Our work maps the regional trade pacts and emerging bilateral settlement mechanisms that determine how goods and capital move between partner economies.
Resource security
Resource sovereignty and logistics
We evaluate how resource sovereignty, industrial policy, and logistics infrastructure combine to shape supply chain resilience and long-term access to critical commodities.
Perspective
Sustainable economic connectivity is the foundation on which long-term regional stability is built.— Global South Foundation