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2. Development finance with Chinese characteristics: financing the Belt and Road Initiative
- Author:
- Hongsong Liu, Yue Xu, and Xinzhu Fan
- Publication Date:
- 06-2020
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI)
- Institution:
- Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
- Abstract:
- The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is clearly aimed at international development, and designed to jointly build a regional economic cooperation framework that is open, inclusive and balanced. Financial integration is the cornerstone of the BRI, and development finance is the most widely used mode of cooperation in financing. Development finance with Chinese characteristics is concessional and development-oriented, differing from Official Development Finance (ODF) defined by the OECD. Based on its development experiences, China applies development finance with Chinese characteristics to the BRI projects. This benefits countries along the Belt and Road by facilitating their sustainable development.
- Topic:
- International Cooperation, International Development, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and Development Aid
- Political Geography:
- China and Global South
3. Patterns of Official Development Assistance in Tajikistan: effects on growth and poverty reduction
- Author:
- Mubinzhon Abduvaliev and Ricardo Bustillo
- Publication Date:
- 06-2020
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI)
- Institution:
- Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
- Abstract:
- The aim of this paper is to assess the effect of official development assistance on economic growth and poverty reduction in Tajikistan, as well as to examine the recent role of South-South Cooperation. We used a panel data set on economic growth and poverty estimates in Tajikistan, and found that a 1% increase of official development assistance provoked a 1.6% rise in per capita GDP and a 0.48% decrease in poverty levels in Tajikistan. Despite the increased relevance of South-South Cooperation in Tajikistan, the current bilateral cooperation pattern does not allow us to think South–South aid will create employment and growth opportunities.
- Topic:
- Poverty, Economic growth, and Development Aid
- Political Geography:
- Central Asia and Tajikistan
4. Enlarging the donor base: an analysis of the World Food Programme’s reform process and the Brazilian bridge diplomacy
- Author:
- Thiago Lima and Jenifer Queila Santana
- Publication Date:
- 06-2020
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI)
- Institution:
- Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
- Abstract:
- Brazil became one of the world’s largest food donors after the WFP went through a reform process. The reform allowed non-traditional donors to donate food provided that other partners paid for logistical costs. We analyzed the reform process through documental analysis and interviews to understand Brazil’s role in this. The results show that both actors had complementary interests. However, whilst Brazil had ambitions of prominence in this area, it adopted a rule-taker position. The WFP’s Secretariat was the main driving force in the process and, to some extent, co-opted Brazil.
- Topic:
- Humanitarian Aid, International Cooperation, Foreign Aid, Donors, and World Food Program (WFP)
- Political Geography:
- Brazil and South America
5. From poverty reduction to global challenges, a new horizon for international development cooperation?
- Author:
- Philippe Andre Orliange
- Publication Date:
- 12-2020
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI)
- Institution:
- Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
- Abstract:
- The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, The Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda laid the foundations of a new system of international development cooperation in which middle income countries are playing an increasingly important role, National Development Banks are becoming key players although broadly consensual regulatory framework are still insufficient.
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Poverty, Finance, Sustainable Development Goals, International Development, and Banks
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
6. The changing nature and architecture of U.S. democracy assistance
- Author:
- Luiza Rodrigues Mateo
- Publication Date:
- 12-2020
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI)
- Institution:
- Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
- Abstract:
- Democracy assistance is an important tool of United States foreign policy, serving strategic interests in association with several agendas, from human rights to national security. The objective of this article is to make a historical reconstruction of the definitions and practices of American democracy assistance, describing its institutional architecture, budgetary levels and political priorities. Special attention is given to U.S. foreign aid rationale and contemporary trends, recapturing the last thirty years of growth in democracy assistance since the end of the Cold War.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Foreign Aid, and Democracy
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus and United States of America
7. Epistemic hegemony: the Western straitjacket and post-colonial scars in academic publishing
- Author:
- Orion Noda
- Publication Date:
- 12-2020
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI)
- Institution:
- Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
- Abstract:
- The field of International Relations (IR) is barely ‘international’. Scholars have voiced their concerns and as a result, we have witnessed calls for diversity and inclusion in IR, be it in publication or in syllabi. Notwithstanding, the misrepresentation of non-Western scholars in the production of knowledge is significant. This article sheds light on the dynamics of publishing from a non-Western perspective and reinforces Post-Colonial epistemological critiques in IR. Based on the latest dataset from the International Studies Association (ISA)’s journals, this article argues that the current setting of IR journals is not suited for and receptive of non-Western scholars and epistemologies.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Post Colonialism, Academia, and Publishing
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
8. National interests and the impact of student mobility: the case of Canada and Brazil
- Author:
- W. E. (Ted) Hewitt
- Publication Date:
- 12-2020
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI)
- Institution:
- Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
- Abstract:
- While there is a growing literature on the trend towards international student mobility, few if any studies have focused on the relative impact of student exchange for promoting national interests and relationship building between specific countries. This study seeks to address this gap through an in-depth analysis of Brazil’s Science Without Borders programme and its implications for the country’s relationship with Canada. The study reveals that student mobility between the two countries effected by this programme provide significant advantage to both countries, not least of which will likely have positive implications for Canadian-Brazilian interaction.
- Topic:
- Science and Technology, Mobility, Higher Education, and Students
- Political Geography:
- Canada, Brazil, South America, and North America
9. Exploring Brazilian foreign policy towards women: dimensions, outcomes, actors and influences
- Author:
- Mónica Salomón
- Publication Date:
- 12-2020
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI)
- Institution:
- Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
- Abstract:
- Mostly, although not exclusively under Workers’ Party governments (2003-2016), Brazil has carried out gender-sensitive, women-focused policies in at least three dimensions of its foreign policy: diplomacy, development cooperation, and security. This article examines the foreign-policy outcomes in those three dimensions and identifies the actors and influences responsible for them, with particular attention to the contribution of civil society organizations and the role of the Secretariat of Policies for Women, until recently the main Brazilian state-feminism agency at the federal level.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Gender Issues, Women, Feminism, and State
- Political Geography:
- Brazil and South America
10. Compliance in “exceptional” trade disputes: a set-theoretical approach
- Author:
- Rodrigo Fagundes Cezar
- Publication Date:
- 12-2020
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI)
- Institution:
- Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
- Abstract:
- This article uses the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) method to examine the combinations of conditions that explain the length of World Trade Organization (WTO) disputes that invoke General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs’ (GATT) General Exceptions (Article XX). Using the Brazil-EC controversy over retreaded tires as an example, the work underscores the importance of the mobilization of civil society organizations such as NGOs and think tanks in association with power asymmetry and/or veto players. The article contributes to understanding the causal complexity and empirical heterogeneity of “exceptional” disputes (disputes in which a party invokes GATT’s General Exceptions).
- Topic:
- Civil Society, World Trade Organization, Domestic politics, Trade Wars, and Compliance
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus