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Accepted Paper:
South-South cooperation and horizontality - differences in aid modalities? The case of Brazil in Mozambique
Jurek Seifert
(Ruhr University Bochum)
Paper short abstract:
The paper analyzes whether South-South cooperation can be distinguished from North-South cooperation by looking at horizontality and power relations in Brazil´s cooperation in Mozambique. The study is presented in the context of the discussion on Southern Development partners in the post-2015 agenda
Paper long abstract:
Due to the emergence of new actors on the international scene, changes can be observed in the area of international development cooperation. Countries such as China, Brazil and India present themselves as providers of South-South cooperation (SSC) and maintain a distance from the established donors of the OECD´s Development Assistance Committee (DAC).
South-South cooperation is ascribed a notion of horizontality that distinguishes it from North-South cooperation (NSC). SSC providers declare that their cooperation is horizontal, meaning that it based on solidarity that stems from the shared colonial past, that it occurs between equal partners and that it creates mutual benefits for both sides.
The paper analyzes these characteristics of SSC by conducting an inductive case study. Brazil is presented as a prominent SSC provider and the country´s interaction with one of its Southern partners, Mozambique, is analyzed. The paper asks (a) whether it is possible to carry out horizontal cooperation in an asymmetrical context and (b) whether it is possible to identify characteristics of SSC that distinguish it from NSC. The preliminary results presented in the paper are based on field research conducted in both countries. The case study is analyzed against the background of ongoing shifts in the international development landscape and the current discussion around the post-2015 agenda.
South-South cooperation and the post-2015 development agenda: divergence or convergence between new players and traditional actors? [Rising Powers Study Group]
Session 1