Introduction: South–South Cooperation Beyond the Myths—A Critical Analysis

Bergamaschi, Isaline; Tickner, Arlene B.

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“…However, the DCF can be perceived as a counterpart to the DAC and shows the (renewed) relevance of Southern cooperation. The effort of Southern providers to establish such an institution under the roof of the UN further illustrates a continuation of the historical trajectory of SSDC (Bergamaschi and Tickner 2017). With the establishment of the DCF, Southern providers emphasised that they do not want to participate in DAC processes and that they aim to establish alternative fora for a more balanced interaction of development partners (Besharati 2013;Bracho 2015;Verschaeve and Orbie 2015).…”

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South-South Development Cooperation as a Modality: Brazil’s Cooperation with Mozambique

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2020

The Palgrave Handbook of Development Cooperation for Achieving the 2030 Agenda

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This chapter investigates the widespread claim that South-South development cooperation (SSDC) differs from North-South cooperation, as it is said to be based on horizontality, to be demand-driven, to create mutual benefits, and to provide “Southern” solutions to development challenges through knowledge exchange. Based on an analysis of Brazil’s cooperation with Mozambique, the chapter shows that cooperation practices do not always follow the narrative around SSDC as a modality contesting established cooperation. The chapter further assesses what this means for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and for the growing relevance ascribed to SSDC providers in international development cooperation.

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South-South Development Cooperation as a Modality: Brazil’s Cooperation with Mozambique

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2020

The Palgrave Handbook of Development Cooperation for Achieving the 2030 Agenda

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“…A key theme in SSC is the invocation of a shared identity as formerly colonized, dominated, and "underdeveloped" countries, and the presentation of SSC efforts as countering the self-interested, hierarchical, and paternalistic cooperation that characterizes most North-South aid (Bergamaschi & Tickner, 2017;Birn, Muntaner, & Afzal, 2017, p. S38). This emphasis on solidarity and shared identities is evident in four key claims that embody and discursively construct the symbolic regime of SSC identified Mawdsley (2012, p. 265): the assertion of a shared post-colonial and developing country identity; expertise in appropriate development; rejection of hierarchical relationships; and an insistence on win-win outcomes and mutual opportunity.…”

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The gift of health: Cuba’s development assistance in the Pacific

2020

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Since 2006, 50 Cuban doctors have worked in Pacific Island countries (PICs), while 250 Pacific islanders have studied medicine at the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba, nearly doubling the medical workforce in some countries. Although Cuba has pursued an extensive South-South Cooperation (SSC) programme in health around the globe for 60 years, the relatively recent presence of Cuba in the Pacific is intriguing. The programme is based on what Cuba has called the "multiple coincidences" and shared experiences between Cuba and PICs as Small Island Developing States facing common challenges. Proponents argue Cuba's expertise in providing community-based and human-capital oriented care health care in low-resource environments could provide a suitable model for meeting the health goals and needs of PICs. Moreover, Cuba's medical cooperation is grounded in an ethics of solidarity and offers a clear example of social justice-oriented south-south cooperation which aims to both address immediate humanitarian need and to transform power structures that limit the accessibility and availability of sustainable health care within partner countries. Yet despite this there has been little research on Cuba's approach to medical cooperation in the Pacific. This paper addresses this gap, drawing on Maussian gift theory to argue that the Cuban 'gift of health' provides much needed capacity in health while building the dignity of both partners. As a theory of solidarity with distinct Pacific roots and which links clearly to the solidarity-based model of Cuban cooperation based on egalitarianism and relationship, gift theory provides an explanation for the presence of Cuba in the Pacific and highlights the importance of equitable relationships and dignity in development partnerships, providing theoretical roots to the idea that there might an alternative to traditional models of aid and development in the region.

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“…Although several emerging providers of cooperation are promoting South-South cooperation (SSC) and academic studies on this subject are proliferating (Bergamaschi and Tickner 2017;Rizzo 2019), there is still a deficit in the assessment of this form of cooperation (BRICS Policy Center 2017; Rizzo 2019). The SSC assessment could help to distinguish it from other development cooperation initiatives; promote its adaptive management, the recognition of its strengths and weaknesses, the transparency and social control; and increase its bases of support (BRICS Policy Center 2017) or credibility.…”

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International dialogical action: the decolonial potential of structuring cooperation in health promoted by Brazil

Pozzatti

Farias

2022

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The benefits of an empirical assessment of South-South cooperation (SSC) are currently being debated in the critical literature on this subject. This assessment could distinguish SSC practices from other cooperation practices and increase its transparency, social control, and credibility. In this sense, this paper theoretically assesses the dialogical/decolonial potential of structuring cooperation in health (SCH), a model of SSC created by Brazil; and analyses the applicability of different heuristics for international agreements and interinstitutional projects to empirically assess this potential. In theory, the SCH narrative is compatible with the decolonial literature mentioned in this paper. However, case studies from the fields of International Relations (IR) and Global Health diverge about this compatibility based on empirical observation. Nonetheless, heuristics from the field of International Law and Policy Transfer studies can help to recognize the decolonial potential inscribed in international agreements. In order to advance in the assessment of the dialogic character of SCH through projects, this paper argues that, institutionally, it is necessary to define the categories inscribed in them and make their monitoring and evaluation reports public. It concludes that the IR field needs to absorb the knowledge from the health sector and its technicians – something that does not occur in Latin America given the low interest in this sector.

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Introduction: South–South Cooperation Beyond the Myths—A Critical Analysis

Cited by 16 publications

References 3 publications

South-South Development Cooperation as a Modality: Brazil’s Cooperation with Mozambique

South-South Development Cooperation as a Modality: Brazil’s Cooperation with Mozambique

The gift of health: Cuba’s development assistance in the Pacific

International dialogical action: the decolonial potential of structuring cooperation in health promoted by Brazil

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