Table 1 Traditional and Brazilian development concepts
Traditional aid characteristics | Brazil’s terminology |
|---|---|
Vertical donor-to-beneficiary aid | Horizontal partnership between cooperation peers |
Predominantly monetary aid (grants and loans) | Predominantly in-kind technical cooperation |
Focus on health programmes | Health cooperation projects ‘on demand’ |
Specialisation of health functions across countries according to comparative advantages | Industrial-health complex |
Capacity building | Structural cooperation in health |
Separation between foreign policy and development (health) goals | Health diplomacy |