The study considers an examination of the first issue, raising a set of two research questions, namely, should SSC be assessed? and should there be a common framework for such a purpose?

The questions are answered at two levels. Firstly, the authors develop a conceptual framework to argue in favour of assessment of SSC. Then, they consider four cases of assessment carried out by colleagues from the Network of Southern Think Tanks (NeST) across the four countries (Brazil, China, India and South Africa) and observe the nature of heterogeneity and plurality in their assessment frameworks, to argue against a common assessment framework, even though there may be some common elements.

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