“…Collaboration in international development has emerged in various forms and at different levels, from cross-national efforts such as coordination of international aid rules and principles among donors and recipient countries, led by international organizations such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee (OECD/DAC) or World Health Organization (WHO), to national or sectoral practices such as South–South cooperation (Marcondes-Neto, 2014 ; Mawdsley, 2017 ) and public–private partnerships (PPPs). Noting that relationships between participants in most international development projects are a “complex web” of donors, implementers, and beneficiaries in both developed and developing countries (Diallo & Thuillier, 2005 ; Khang & Moe, 2008 ; Youker, 1999 ), scholars and practitioners contend that successful project implementation is not possible without effective management strategies for collaborative networks (Bano, 2011 , 2018 ; Brinkerhoff, 2003 ; Haque, 2004 ; Kamya et al, 2017 ; Pfeiffer, 2003 ; Shin et al, 2017 ).…”