La Cooperación Sur-Sur y los Retos de la Declaración De París: Lecciones de la Cooperación China para Colombia

Abstract

This reaserch is intended to examine south-south cooperation principles and experiences of countries in light of the national interest using China as an example. Assuming that the Chinese experiences will facilitate the formulation of recommendations for the evolution of Colombia’s model of development cooperation. Colombia has, during the last decades, began developing a government policy in this field. The analysis was developed around different concepts of cooperation, such as development cooperation and south-south cooperation: The work was focused on three of the five principles from de Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (Appropriation, Alignment, Management for results); all of these obtained from international and Colombian institutional sources. The present work is a qualitative diagnostic research, which is evident in the evaluative and propositive nature of its objectives.