International Development Cooperation as a Foreign Policy Instrument

The Political Economy of Brazilian Technical Cooperation from 2003 to 2016

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9684440
AutoresLaerte Apolinário Júnior (0000-0002-8326-4428, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume66
Fascículo3
Data de publicação2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDados (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0011-5258 • E-ISSN: 1678-4588
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/dados.2023.66.3.288
OpenAlexW4311800588
SCIELO_PIDS0011-52582023000300203
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas79

Why would a country provide International Development Cooperation (IDC)? The aid literature identifies moral and humanitarian purposes, political-diplomatic objectives, and economic interests as the main reasons a country would have an IDC policy. This paper contributes to this debate through a case study of Brazil’s motivation to provide technical cooperation between 2003 and 2016, employing an innovative analytical framework for this case. Especially during Luis Inácio Lula da Silva’s government, Brazil’s official discourse emphasized its national cooperation’s solidarity characteristics. One may link this non-indifference tone to the moral and humanitarian principles of providing IDC. Notwithstanding, the South-South Cooperation (SSC) mutual benefits narrative indicates political and economic interests in its execution. This paper analyzes the Brazilian Technical Cooperation (TC) allocation patterns between 2003 and 2016. It explores whether (and which) political and economic considerations were significant determinants of Brazilian cooperation. On the one hand, trade exports, subsided loans, and political support in international institutions help explain the Brazilian Technical Cooperation allocation pattern during this period. On the other, Brazil prioritized less-developed countries with better democratic institutions in its TC policy

Democracy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Solidarity · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · International Development and Aid · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare