Spanish aid / Comment
Spain's current multilateral development co-operation policy
17/07/2006 By Publicaciones ForoAOD, Christian Freres
Spanish co-operation for development is currently experiencing a period of intense transformation.
The international context is, in general, favourable (a consensus on the Millennium Development Goals/MDGs, an increase in official development aid/ODA, etc), there is a high degree of political commitment from the government, a motivated management team and growing resources - elements that have not coincided before. For that reason, the development co-operation community in Spain has high expectations for the current project.
There is a lack of a true policy on multilateralism in development cooperation, something that would be articulated in a White Book, a strategic plan or document. Clearly such a text does not exist up until now.
However, there is no evidence that such a document would resolve other general limitations of a political and institutional nature.
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Keywords
Aid effectiveness Development cooperation Multilateralism SpainRelated publications
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Bio author: Publicaciones ForoAOD
The FOROAOD has been designed as a democratic experiment to involve citizens, policy-makers and academics from North and South in a consultation process about the Spanish Development Cooperation.
Bio author: Christian Freres
BA in International Relations by Georgetown University and MA in Development Studies by the American University.
