La ayuda internacional: hacia la renovación o la progresiva irrelevancia

• José Antonio Alonso ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Información Comercial Española, ICE: Revista de economía, ISSN 0019-977X, ISSN-e 2340-8790, Nº 939, 2025 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Financiación para el desarrollo), págs. 149-167
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.32796/ice.2025.939.7911
• Títulos paralelos:
  • International Aid: Moving Towards Renewal or Progressive Irrelevance
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  • español

    El artículo se propone hacer un diagnóstico sobre el sistema de cooperación para el desarrollo y plantear medidas para su progresiva reforma. Tras establecer un panorama del desempeño del sistema en los tres últimos lustros, se analiza la diversificación de propósitos y narrativas que inspiran la ayuda, la pluralidad de actores implicados en su seno, la ambigüedad de algunos sistemas de cómputo y la preocupación por la eficacia de sus intervenciones. El artículo termina con un apartado de contenido más propositivo, referido a las medidas que se pueden adoptar en la IV Conferencia Internacional sobre Financiación para el Desarrollo.

  • English

    This article aims to diagnose the development cooperation system and propose measures for its progressive reform. After establishing an overview of the system’s performance over the last five years, it analyses the diversification of purposes and narratives that inspire aid, the plurality of actors involved, the ambiguity of some of the counting systems and the concern over the effectiveness of its interventions. The article ends with a more propositional section, referring to the measures that can be adopted at the IV International Conference on Financing for Development

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