| ID | 118657 |
| Title Proper | Brazil as southern donor |
| Other Title Information | beyond hierarchy and national interests in development cooperation? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Inoue, Cristina Yumie Aoki ; Vaz, Alcides Costa |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article analyses Brazil's growing role in external development assistance. During Lula da Silva's presidency, cooperation with developing countries grew dramatically. While the official position is that Brazilian development assistance is moved not by national economic or political interests, but by international 'solidarity', and does not reproduce the North-South traditional aid relations, we suggest that it is not completely divorced from national, sub-national or sectoral interests and cannot be viewed apart from Brazil's broader foreign policy objectives. Brazil does pursue political, economic and commercial interests and, concomitantly, has made a positive difference in the recipient countries. However, more empirical research and field investigation are needed to better gauge the impact of Brazil's assistance initiatives and their contributions to South-South cooperation more broadly. During Lula's terms (2003-2010), Brazil could be classified as a 'Southern donor', which expresses the country's own novelties, and tensions, of simultaneously being a donor and a developing country. |
| `In' analytical Note | Cambridge Review of International Affairs Vol. 25, No.4; Dec 2012: p.507-534 |
| Journal Source | Cambridge Review of International Affairs Vol. 25, No.4; Dec 2012: p.507-534 |
| Key Words | Southern Donor ; Brazil ; South - South Cooperation ; Foreign Policy ; North - South Traditional Aid Relations ; Lula da Silva |