Trilateral Cooperation with China: Sharing China's Development Experience through Innovative Partnerships

Han, Christine

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“…In addition to the political importance attached to the TDC, Chinese policymakers recognise that the knowledge on the benefits the TDC could bring to China. Researchers have revealed that China attempts to use the modality to help increase its development resources and expand the scope of its development cooperation, learn from the best practices of traditional donors, improve its aid system and build a favourable global image and bilateral relationship with traditional donors (Han 2016; Zhang 2018; Zhang and Shivakumar 2017). But China announced that it would adhere to the principle of ‘raised, agreed and led by recipient countries’ in implementing TDC projects (Xinhua 2015).…”

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China’s Triangular Development Cooperation: Perception and Practices

Chao¹

2021

China Report

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Triangular development cooperation (TDC) is an increasingly popular modality in the aid field. It is seen to have both huge potential and limits. As the largest emerging donor, China’s participation in TDC has been put under the spotlight. This article proposes a working definition of TDC focused on the type of resources transferred, and establishes a data set on the projects that China was involved in, from 2005 to 2016. Moreover, it investigates China’s perception of the TDC by analysing its official publications. It finds that (a) China holds an equivocal understanding of the TDC concept; (b) although China has been rhetorically stressing the importance of TDC, few real actions have been taken; (c) China prefers international organisations in TDC instead of traditional donors; and (d) like other actors, most of China’s TDC projects are recorded in non-economic sectors. At the moment, China remains cautious regarding the modality. But considering the growing volume of Chinese aid and its visibility, a more proactive stance on TDC might better serve Chinese interests.

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China’s Triangular Development Cooperation: Perception and Practices

Chao¹

2021

China Report

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“…The rise in contributions to multilateral organisations ran parallel with an increasing openness towards international cooperation and multilateralism. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) attested this in a 2017 discussion paper, which documented the rising financial support for UN agencies by China, China's initiatives to establish new multilateral organisations, as well as greater support for triangular cooperation by the Chinese government (Han 2017).…”

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2021

IDS Bulletin

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Development and Global Agriculture (CIDGA). He is also Chair of the Network of Southern Think Tanks (NeST), and Chair of the China International Development Research Network (CIDRN). He is a Senior Advisor for the Chinese government, the World Bank, the United Nations, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), and many other international development organisations. His research covers international development, aid, agriculture, poverty reduction, gender and development, and sustainable resource management.

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“…2 November 2021 'China and International Development: Knowledge, Governance, and Practice' 139-156 | 143 Institute of Development Studies | bulletin.ids.ac.ukThe rise in contributions to multilateral organisations ran parallel with an increasing openness towards international cooperation and multilateralism. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) attested this in a 2017 discussion paper, which documented the rising financial support for UN agencies by China, China's initiatives to establish new multilateral organisations, as well as greater support for triangular cooperation by the Chinese government(Han 2017).China began its first pilot triangular cooperation programme with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2008. The scope of its engagement with the modality has steadily increased since then(Han 2017; Gu, Li and Zhang, this IDS Bulletin).…”

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“…The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) attested this in a 2017 discussion paper, which documented the rising financial support for UN agencies by China, China's initiatives to establish new multilateral organisations, as well as greater support for triangular cooperation by the Chinese government(Han 2017).China began its first pilot triangular cooperation programme with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2008. The scope of its engagement with the modality has steadily increased since then(Han 2017; Gu, Li and Zhang, this IDS Bulletin). Triangular cooperation was mentioned in the first White Paper on China's Foreign Aid, published in 2011 (SCIO 2011).…”

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Triangular Cooperation: Different Approaches, Same Modality

Prantz

Zhang

2021

IDS Bulletin

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Triangular cooperation aims to utilise the comparative advantages of a pivotal partner (usually an emerging country) and a facilitating partner (usually a traditional donor) to generate development impacts with and for the benefit of a beneficiary, through simultaneously strengthening their partnership and providing opportunities for mutual learning. Utilising the triangular cooperation modality, China has acted primarily as a pivotal partner, implementing projects with facilitating partners and beneficiaries. Roles and responsibilities between China and facilitating partners differ greatly. Three approaches can be distinguished: (a) facilitating partner provides financial resources and China provides expertise; (b) China provides financial resources and facilitating partner implements; (c) China and facilitating partner provide financial resources and jointly plan and implement together with the beneficiary. This article argues that approach (c), currently practised in triangular cooperation projects between China, Germany, and beneficiary countries provides the partners with the most potential for effectively generating developmental impacts and partnership effects.

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Trilateral Cooperation with China: Sharing China's Development Experience through Innovative Partnerships

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