La cooperación descentralizada ante la transformación del sistema internacional del desarrollo

• Sánchez Cano, Javier ^[1]
  1. [1] Generalitat de Catalunya

     Generalitat de Catalunya

     Barcelona, España

     
• Localización: Revista española de desarrollo y cooperación, ISSN-e 2794-0462, ISSN 1137-8875, Vol. 52, Nº. 2, 2025 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Monográfico: Un orden internacional en ebullición: su impacto en la cooperación internacional para el desarrollo), págs. 77-86
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5209/redc.105276
• Títulos paralelos:
  • La coopération décentralisée face à la transformation du système international de développement
  • Decentralized cooperation facing the transformation of the international development system
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• Resumen
  • español

    El artículo hace balance de la participación de la cooperación descentralizada y de sus agentes en el sistema de la cooperación al desarrollo, con la intención de analizar las condiciones en que estos agentes llegan al momento actual, marcado por la posibilidad de cambios profundos, e identificar algunas tendencias plausibles en el nuevo escenario. Para ello, a partir de la literatura existente y con un foco en el análisis de los nuevos actores de la cooperación, resigue la evolución reciente de la cooperación descentralizada, y examina diversos aspectos de la actorness subestatal en la cooperación al desarrollo.

  • English

    The article takes stock of the participation decentralized cooperation agents in the system of development cooperation, with the aim of grasping the conditions under which they enter the current phase of profound change, and identifying some plausible trends in the new scenario. Drawing on existing literature and with a focus on the analysis of “new actors” in development cooperation, the article traces the recent evolution of decentralized cooperation and examines various aspects of sub-state actorness.

  • français

    Cet article dresse un état des lieux de la participation de la coopération décentralisée et de ses acteurs au système de coopération au développement. Il vise à analyser les conditions d'émergence de ces acteurs dans la période actuelle, marquée par la perspective de profonds changements, et à identifier quelques tendances plausibles dans le nouveau contexte. À cette fin, en s'appuyant sur la littérature existante et en se concentrant sur l'analyse des nouveaux acteurs de la coopération, il retrace l'évolution récente de la coopération décentralisée et examine divers aspects du rôle des acteurs sous-étatiques dans la coopération au développement.

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