Parcerias estratégicas no contexto da política exterior brasileira : implicações para o Mercosul

O texto analisa a conformação de parcerias dentro do amplo contexto da política exterior do Brasil, enfatizando seus aspectos bilaterais e sua relação com o Mercosul.The article analyses the conformation of partnerships inside the broader context of Brazilian foreign policy, emphasizing its bilateral aspects and their relation to Mercosur

O Brasil no contexto do narcotráfico internacional

Este trabalho estuda as dimensões do universo do narcotráfico, exemplificando parte de suas estruturas e ocorrências. Além disso, vai analisar o narcotráfico em suas mais importantes tendências e manifestações na sociedade brasileira, e identificar as principais formas de sua vinculação ao narcotráfico internacional. _________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTThis article analyses the world dimensions of narco-traffic, exemplifying parts of its structure and incidence. Besides, it studies the narco-traffic in its most important trends and manifestations in the Brazilian society, and identify the main ways of its links to international traffic

Emerging donors in international development assistance : the Brazil case

This report consists of four main sections. The first provides the historical background of Brazilian international development assistance programs. The second presents an overview of the political objectives, institutional framework, operational components, and disbursement patterns of the country’s development assistance. Section three gives a similar overview with regard to research for development. A brief analysis of Brazil’s international collaboration in development assistance and research for development is supplied in section four

Brazil-Africa Agricultural Cooperation Encounters: Drivers, Narratives and Imaginaries of Africa and Development

Submitted version of article in IDS Bulletin.Brazilian development cooperation is increasingly in the spotlight. Africa is a major destination and agriculture tops the list of priority fields on intervention, with Embrapa leading cooperation projects. But patterns of cooperation in Africa are changing as other public, private and civil society actors enter the realm of cooperation and bring along contrasting narratives and experiences of agricultural development. This article maps the evolving nature of Brazilian development cooperation in agriculture and discusses emerging features of the Brazil-Africa encounter, considering knowledge framings, policy narratives, imaginaries and the motivations driving a diversity of technical and political actors.ESRC, DFI