Abstract
On the one hand, transfer is a process by which governments intentionally use ideas about how policies in other countries work to design or redesign their own public policies (Dussauge, 2012). On the other hand, cooperation is a process that recognizes the existence of an interdependence between states and the international arena. This article aims to discuss and clarify the relation between international cooperation and policy transfer. Drawing on the analysis of development cooperation in Brazil and Chile, we discuss how technical cooperation agreements between these countries and third parties, encourage the transfer of public policies, in particular of those considered as models in the area of social policy, namely Bolsa Família and Chile Solidario. This article demonstrates that international development cooperation facilitates the existence of processes that allow for the transfer of specific components of social policies to other context. The analysis is based on a literature review and on information gathered through interviews conducted with relevant actors.
Highlights
This paper aims to discuss the relation between international cooperation and policy transfer in the context of a policy diffusion process
Policies need inevitably to be translated to adapt to such contexts, informal cooperation is often displayed among countries, and there can be different forms of resistance such as peasants fighting against agricultural technology transfers.” (STONE; OLIVEIRA; PAL, 2019, p. 13). Considering the former, our research question is: what is the contribution of international cooperation to policy transfer? We argue that cooperation is one of the channels through which policy transfer might occur
In order to tackle poverty, Bolsa Familia (BF) has two components: (1) an unconditional cash transfer directed at families in extreme poverty that is attributed regardless of its composition; and (2) a conditional cash transfer (CCT) that is awarded to families with children that fall below the poverty line
Summary
This paper aims to discuss the relation between international cooperation and policy transfer in the context of a policy diffusion process. In order to illustrate our views, we analyze Brazilian and Chilean cooperation in the area of cash transfers between 2002 and 2015, a period that encompasses the creation and implementation of Chile Solidario (CHS) and Bolsa Familia (BF) programs5 These cases were chosen because both countries have recently developed policies that are considered to be best practices and, have attracted international attention. A total of 34 semi-structured interviews were conducted between October 2015 and October 2018, with academics, bureaucrats, and international organizations’ representatives These individuals were selected because of their involvement with the Brazilian and the Chilean programs and/or because of their participation in cooperation strategies developed within the field of social policies involving Chile and/or Brazil. The final section is dedicated to the discussion of the relation between cooperation and policy transfer, considering the evidence of the cases
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