Starting from a discussion of the development programmes for South Sudan of the regional Government of South Sudan (GOSS) and the international aid agencies, this book chapter looks into the roles of the two parties in the governance of the services and development-related sectors in South Sudan. A historical approach is applied in order to assess changes in the relationship between aid agencies and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) in the liberated areas, on the one hand, and between the agencies and the GOSS after the civil war, on the other.
