scholarly journals Ideias e Agenda da Cooperação Prestada: o Caso do Prosavana | Ideas and delivered cooperation agenda: the ProSAVANA case

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. e59050
Author(s):  
Laís Caroline Kuss
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
International Aid ◽  
Agricultural Area ◽  
Causal Beliefs ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Leadership Position ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Brazilian Identity

Alguns fatores domésticos determinam a alocação da ajuda internacional, contribuindo com as abordagens que procuram uma interface entre o doméstico e o externo, o que não é diferente na cooperação brasileira. Neste trabalho, busca-se explorar um desses fatores, as ideias que, ao influenciarem a política externa e a cooperação prestada pelo Brasil, podem ter influenciado também a adoção do ProSAVANA na agenda da Política Externa Brasileira. Portanto, a partir de uma revisão bibliográfica e documental, depreende-se que o programa de cooperação triangular entre Brasil, Moçambique e Japão na área agrícola, assinado em 2009, sofreu influências de visões de mundo, crenças causais e normas de seu tempo. A exemplo disso, a identidade brasileira, enquanto modelo de país em desenvolvimento para os países africanos, e sua posição de liderança, buscada a nível global.Palavras-chave: ideias; cooperação internacional; política externa; ProSAVANA.ABSTRACTSome domestic factors determine the allocation of international aid, contributing to approaches that seek an interface between the domestic and the external, that is not different in Brazilian cooperation. In this research, we seek exploring one of these factors, ideas, which influencing foreign policy and cooperation provided by Brazil, may also have influenced theadoption of ProSAVANA on the Brazilian Foreign Policy agenda. Therefore, from a bibliographic and documentary review, it appears that the program, triangular cooperation between Brazil, Mozambique and Japan in the agricultural area (signed in 2009) was influenced by worldviews, causal beliefs and norms of its time, such as Brazilian identity as a model of developing country for African countries and its leadership position, sought globally.Keywords: ideas; international cooperation; foreign policy; ProSAVANA. Recebido em: 10 abr. 2021 | Aceito em: 18 ago. 2021.

scholarly journals Southern Africa States’ Foreign Policy: the Case of Namibia and Zimbabwe

2018 ◽  
pp. 29-34
Author(s):  
Martha Shimuleni
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
African Countries ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Strong Ties ◽  
The Core ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
Global North

Foreign policy articulates and gears the process of pursuit of national interests. The research aims at looking into the diverse foreign policies of various states in the Southern region of Africa. It brings out the nature of Namibia and Zimbabwe interaction with other countries in Europe, America, Asia (China in particular) and even other African countries through what is being induced in their respective foreign policy agenda. African countries, belonging to the «global south» are characterized with under development due to long experience of war which renders them dependent on the «core» or «global north» for co-operation and interaction. A country’s foreign policy is peculiar to it, as it represents the interests of a country which is usually distinctive in nature. It is safe to say that foreign policy can be likened to an organizational set of objectives. Basically, an organizational set of objectives entails the processes of goal attainment. Based on this, foreign policy is an agenda that enlists national interests, and ways to attaining them. It is noteworthy that Zimbabwe and Namibia hold strong ties with their colonial masters. Both countries have strong foreign relations with the country that colonized them far more than with other countries. Zimbabwe has got strong ties with Britain and Namibia has got strong ties with Germany. Over the years, the efficiency of Zimbabwe and Namibia foreign policy has been undermined by conflict. The study reveals the development in Namibia and Zimbabwe is attributed to their relations with other countries of the world. Mainly, in the areas of finding market for locally made products and in the aspects of attracting foreign investors. A major issue that jets itself into the foreign policy agenda of both of these countries is the issue of security both domestically and internationally. However, the reason is no foreign policy can be successful in area of chaos, unrest and hunger. A potent foreign policy is that which is flexible, versatile and serves the interest of all, the formulation of policies based on these criteria will ensure efficiency and ultimately development.

scholarly journals Efficiency of international cooperation schemata in African countries: A comparative analysis using a data envelopment analysis approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Martin-Perez ◽  
Natalia Martin-Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
International Aid ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Development Organisation ◽  
Research Gap

Background: Efficiency measurement by means of data envelopment analysis (DEA) in the non-profit sector has focused on the so-called Stage I of non-profit organisations, namely, fundraising efforts (which are the most influential determinants of raising funds in order to increase the amount of contributions). However, for the so-called Stage II of non-profit organisations, namely, spending the achieved resources to program services delivery, DEA studies are very scarce. In attempting to address this research gap and to the best of our knowledge, this investigation is the first study that applies DEA to the assessment of international cooperation schemata. Consequently, we offer a significant contribution to the literature by overcoming the limitations of other techniques used to assess the efficiency and providing new insight into the efficiency of targeted different international cooperation schemata (ICS) in international cooperation development projects.Aim: The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the efficiency of the ICS of developmental projects funded by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development.Setting: Our setting is composed of different international cooperation projects funded with different schemata by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development between 2002 and 2006 in two African countries that are top priority targets of Spanish international aid: Morocco, and Mozambique.Methods: Using a sample of 48 international cooperation projects carried out in two African countries considered priorities in the Spanish Cooperation Master Plan, we analyse project efficiency using DEA.Results: The findings suggest that some schemata are more efficient than others when applied to international cooperation projects (ICS). Specifically, we find that permanent open-call subsidies are more efficient than non-governmental development organisation subsidies.Conclusion: Measures for evaluating international aid projects with respect to efficiency are problematic. The DEA method provides an ex-post meausure of efficiency that allows for the measurement in a specific and objetive way of the results achieved by each project and to propose corrective actions for the future. The comparison among ICS provides an opportunity to identify the conditions under which an ICs may achieve greater efficiency

scholarly journals Adaptation of Globalization and Their Effect to the Tanzania Economic Growth

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 217
Author(s):  
Japhet Jacksoni Katanga ◽  
Seleman Pharles
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Advance Technology ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The Social

Globalization can be defined as the process based on international cooperation strategies, the aims of globalization is to expanded the operation of a certain business or service to become into a worldwide level, Globalization facilitate the modern advance technology which help community to undergo the social, political and economic development. Globalization economic has reinforced the margination for African developing economies and make to be dependent for the few primary commodities or service whereby the price and demand are extreme determine by externally. On this outcome it lead some of the African countries to be turn into poverty or economic inequality due let their own resources being determine by developed countries. On these paper you will get a chance to oversee the effect of adaption globalization to Tanzania economic growth.

scholarly journals A cooperação brasileira para a África: da diplomacia presidencial de Lula da Silva à diplomacia comercial de Dilma Rousseff/The Brazilian cooperation for Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 342-370
Author(s):  
Alexandre César Cunha Leite ◽  
Thamirys Ferreira Cavalcante
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Brazilian History

Desde a última década tem se observado um movimento brasileiro em direção à África cada vez mais forte. Embora as relações do Brasil com a África remontem a própria história brasileira, só na última década é que o vizinho africano passou a ser prioridade na agenda da política externa brasileira. Muitos estudiosos afirmam que o ex-presidente Lula da Silva desempenhou um papel importante por trás do dinamismo observado nos anos recentes. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi analisar a política externa brasileira voltada para a África durante os governos Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010) e Dilma Rousseff (2011-2014), identificando suas continuidades e descontinuidades. Para identificar qual o teor e extensão das continuidades e descontinuidades entre os dois governos foi utilizado o modelo elaborado por Hermann (1990).Palavras-chave: Política externa. Brasil. África. Cooperação. Diplomacia.  Abstract: A growing movement from Brazil toward Africa has been observed in the last decade. Although Brazil's relations with Africa date back Brazilian history itself, only in the last decade is that the African neighbor became a priority in Brazil's foreign policy agenda. Many scholars claim former President Lula da Silva has played an important role in the dynamism observed in recent years. The objective of this study analyzes the Brazilian foreign policy towards Africa during the governments Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010) and Dilma Rousseff (2011-2014), identifying its continuities and discontinuities. To identify the content and extent of the continuities and discontinuities between the two governments the model developed by Hermann (1990) served as the theoretical and methodological basis.Keywords: Foreign policy. Brazil. Africa. Cooperation. Diplomacy.

scholarly journals TÜRK DIŞ POLİTİKASINDA DAVUTOĞLU DÖNEMİ VE STRATEJİK DERİNLİK DOKTRİNİ: GÜNEY KAFKASYA ÜLKELERI ÖRNEĞİ

2021 ◽  
pp. 160-177
Author(s):  
Seçil ÖRAZ BEŞİKÇİ
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Policy Discourse ◽  
South Caucasus ◽  
General Elections ◽  
Foreign Policy Strategies

The Justice and Development Party (JDP) and its new cadre have entered into Turkish political life by the general elections held in 2002. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Davutoğlu, one of the members of the new cadre, has been considered as the architect of foreign policy discourse and practices pursued under JDP rule between 2002-2016. Davutoğlu has become both the theoretician and the practitioner of foreign policy strategies, which has been built on his “Strategic Depth Doctrine”. Davutoğlu has aimed to reach a new foreign policy strategy by the new principles such as “multidimensional foreign policy”, “rhythmic diplomacy”, “zero problems with neighbors”, “maximum international cooperation”, “proactive foreign policy” and “order instituting actor”. In these contexts, the aim of the paper is twofold. The 􀏐irst one is to 􀏐ind out whether Davutoğlu’s new foreign policy principles have been implemented in the foreign policy-making processes of the South Caucasus states of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia and, if yes, the second one is to de􀏐ine the policy re􀏐lections over Turkey’s foreign relations with these states. For this aim, three speci􀏐ic cases, which are critical to these states, have been selected: the Russian-Georgian War (2008), the Armenian Opening, and the Nagorno-Karabakh Con􀏐lict. The method of discourse analysis has been utilized and Davutoğlu’s books, articles, interviews, and speeches have been reviewed.

scholarly journals Finland’s Africa Strategy

2021 ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
Elena Boldyreva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
The European Union ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Northern Country ◽  
Common Interests ◽  
The Common

The article analyzes Finland’s strategy towards Africa. The relevance of this topic does not raise doubts in the light of the growing interest not only of Finland, but also of the European Union as a whole in Africa, especially the countries of the Sahel. Finland’s strategy was adopted almost simultaneously with the EU’s strategy and can be considered as an integral part of it. The article analyzes the publicly available documents of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, which are relevant both to the policy of this northern country in relation to the continent as a whole and to individual African countries. The aim of the strategy is to set realistic but ambitious goals for Finland’s policy towards Africa, based on the common interests of Finland and African countries, to define the main directions of Finland’s policy towards Africa and to define concrete actions to achieve them. In addition, it is necessary to pay special attention to strengthening political and economic relations and expand cooperation in various forms. Thus, the research carried out can be useful for a better understanding of one of the most important directions of Finnish foreign policy today.

Impact of corruption on Chinese investment in African countries

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shilin Yuan ◽  
Haiyang Chen ◽  
Wei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Control Variables ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Evidence

Purpose This paper aims to examine the impact of host country corruption on foreign direct investment (FDI) from China to developing countries in Africa. With the opposing arguments that corruption is detrimental to or instrumental in FDI and mixed empirical evidence, this paper contributes to the literature by providing new evidence on the issue. Additionally, little research has been done on the impact of corruption on FDI made by developing country multinationals to developing countries. This paper fills a void in this area. Design/methodology/approach Based on the published literature, as well as China and Africa contexts, the authors develop hypotheses that host countries with low corruption receive more FDI and resource-seeking investments weaken the relationship. The annual stock of Chinese FDI in 35 African countries, host country corruption data and other control variables from 2007 to 2015 are collected. Feasible generalized least squares models are used to test the hypotheses. Additional robustness tests are also conducted. Findings The findings support the hypotheses. Specifically, Chinese investors make more investments in host countries with low corruption except for resource-seeking investments in resource-rich host counties. The results are statistically significant accounting for various control variables. The results of the robustness tests show that the main findings are robust. Originality/value First, this study provides new evidence on the impact of corruption on FDI. Second, this study also fills a void by examining FDI from a developing country, China to other developing countries in Africa. Finally, this study also has a practical implication for Chinese multinationals investing in Africa.

China-EU Two-level Cooperation and Challenges on Public Health during the COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-147
Author(s):  
Song Lilei ◽  
Bian Sai
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
International Community ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Health Aid ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
Health Cooperation ◽  
The Eu

International public health cooperation has always been one of the typical issues of bilateral and multilateral diplomatic ties in the international community. As two important actors in the international community, China and the EU have worked on many transnational public health cooperation projects. The two-level division of the EU's foreign policy competence decided the Cooperation and Challenges on Public Health between China-EU. Cooperation with the EU member states is expanding, the cooperation with the level of the EU started to show up. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, both China and the EU have publicly expressed their support for WHO's anti-pandemic measures. China has actively provided public health aid to Central and Eastern European countries and shared the Anti-COVID-19 experience. In this article, the author reviewed the progress and mechanism of China-EU public health cooperation, discussed how China and the EU have jointly dealt with the pandemic by sharing experience, providing aids, strengthening multilateralism and international cooperation, and building a community with a healthy future for humankind since the outbreak of COVID-19. Facing the COVID-19，China-EU health cooperation should be further strengthened to show the importance of a community with a shared future for humanity.

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