Towards a Practicable Development Collaboration

Abstract

This chapter addresses the following question: what kind of collaboration or cooperation should be pursued to successfully improve livelihoods and reduce poverty substantially in the Muslim world? In the light of the findings that showed dismal performance of many of the Muslim countries in scaling up livelihoods and reducing poverty, the authors have proposed a general pattern of collaboration known as Development Collaboration Octagon Model (DeCOM) that seeks to pull resources and expertise to build stronger synergy equal to the daunting task posed by the deteriorating livelihood chances underpinning the general socio-economic underdevelopment in the majority of the selected Muslim countries . Out of this generic pattern , divisional and subdivisional patterns of cooperation may emerge that will capture the realities on the ground, particularly at the local and grass-root levels.