South-South Cooperation: A Taxonomy of China’s Aid to Latin America and the Caribbean

Giuseppe Lo Brutto; Gustavo Rodríguez Albor

doi:10.12795.08

Authors

Giuseppe Lo Brutto Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8126-5013
Gustavo Rodríguez Albor Universidad Autónoma del Caribe https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6464-3182

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12795.08

Keywords:

South-South Cooperation, Chinese Cooperation, Bilateral Aid, Latin America

Abstract

The present study analyses the typology and structure of Chinese Aid to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), considering the features of this kind of South-South Cooperation within the context of China’s aid policy and strategic aims in this region. The results of the study reveal the different patterns in the structure of Chinese aid to the LAC sub-regions. These patterns indicate that the most significant funds are focused on development and commercial projects in South America; that grants prevail in the case of the Caribbean; and representational aid, which does not need major resources, is associated with Central America. As Wan (2018) states, this shows that China’s aid has a strategic role at a global level.

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Author Biographies

Giuseppe Lo Brutto, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Doctor en Economía Políita del Desarrollo, Profesor-Investigador del Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Alfonso “Vélez Pliego” de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla.

Gustavo Rodríguez Albor, Universidad Autónoma del Caribe

Doctor en Ciencias Sociales. Docente tiempo completo del Departamento de Administración de empresas de la Universidad Autónoma del Caribe.

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