Development and migration / Comment
Development and migration policies: the case of Subsaharan Africa and Spain
21/11/2008 By Graciela Rico Pérez
Is Spanish cooperation policy being used to help manage migratory flows? Do the closely-related interests behind the two spheres of policy demonstrate that aid is being implemented? Is there a real process of coordination and alignment between actors in order to design efficient policies?
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In Spain, what remains to be discovered is a coherent line between development and migration policies, which still preserves the objectives behind each of the two dimensions. Currently, the drawing up of the new Plan Director 2009-2012 (Pdf,spanish) and the second Plan Africa present an excellent opportunity to build such coherence throughout the whole process, from the directives through to the intervention programmes.
This comment analyses the stage that the current debate between the public authorities, the actors involved and think-tanks is at with respect to achieving coherence between both policies. It also hopes to open up a new line of thinking regarding what strategies and measures could be implemented so that migration and development complement one another in the way they operate.
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Keywords
Development aid Development cooperation Spain Sub-Saharan AfricaBio author: Graciela Rico Pérez
She is an expert in International Cooperation for Development.
