Assessing the EU’s and Turkey’s Triangular Development Cooperation partnership in the Sub-Saharan Africa

PARLAR DAL E., Dipama S.

Alternatives, cilt.47, sa.4, ss.209-234, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/03043754221135411
  • Dergi Adı: Alternatives
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, PAIS International, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.209-234
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: EU, Turkey, development cooperation, triangular development cooperation, Sub-Saharan Africa, SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION, POLITICAL-ECONOMY, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, ENGAGEMENT, ACTOR, POWER, NGOS
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© The Author(s) 2022.This paper investigates whether the Triangular Development Cooperation (TDC) in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is foreseeable or not between the EU and Turkey. In doing so, we first built a new and original framework based upon five independent variables as follows: (1) foreign policy interests and strategic areas in the recipient country; (2) Convergence of development policy modalities and practices; (3) level of interdependence between DAC-donor and southern provider; (4) friendly relations and share of norms and values between the development cooperation providers and (5) African leaders’ perception about the added value of the TDC. Second, we tested these five variables in our case studies to determine the TDC’s likelihood level between the EU and Turkey in the SSA by using three indicators as follows: positive, negative or partially positive. In this vein, it first profiles Turkey’s and the EU’s position as development aid providers in the SSA to highlight their specificities. Then, it examines the TDC's main features, strengths and weaknesses.