Antonio Tujan Jr CO chair Betteraid IBON International Definitions and characteristics Development cooperation between two developing countries whereas triangular cooperation includes a developed third partner providing funds to scale up not to subcontract cooperation in kind from ID: 426235
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South-south and Triangular Cooperation
Antonio Tujan Jr.CO chair BetteraidIBON InternationalSlide2
Definitions and characteristics
Development cooperation between two developing countries whereas triangular cooperation includes a developed third partner providing funds to scale up (not to subcontract) cooperation in kind from ssc providerNot necessarily limited to transfer of development finance in monetary form or in kind, but also includes other forms of cooperation such as trade
Generally recognized in the form of technical assistance found more appropriate than Northern TA but also a lot of development financing and infrastructure loans at concessional terms
Main bulk comes from China and Saudi Arabia, the rest are small but politically significant. Overall SSC is also smallSlide3
Significance of SSC
Comparable levels of development translate to more appropriate forms of assistance and greater awareness of partner country needs and situationGeneral adherence to principles of equality, mutual interest, sovereignty and non-interference, thus no conditionalityPower relations, though essentially unequal, relatively balanced by level, experience and avowed principles – horizontalGreat diversity among SSC providers, among BRICS, between BRICS, Arab and othersSlide4
Political importance of SSC issue
Challenge to traditional, DAC donorsCurrent geopoliticsIn the campaign to shift discourse to development cooperationAsserting country leadership in addressing fragmentation rather than donor coordPromoting eradication of policy conditionality and equality/mutuality and non-interference as fundamental principles in international
cooperation
Expanding the agenda of HR and development effectiveness (including democratic ownership) to international cooperation in generalSlide5
Issues in SSC and Triangular cooperation
Promoting adherance to Busan principles (BB and other efforts)Tied aid?Role of private sector‘China issue’ and ’good
donorship
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Promoting HR