Abstract

TEZANOS VAZQUEZ, Sergio  and  MARTINEZ DE LA CUEVA ASTIGARRAGA, Aitor. América Latina y El Caribe: Ayuda Oficial al Desarrollo en el punto de inflexión del milenio. Prob. Des [online]. 2010, vol.41, n.162, pp.31-56. ISSN 0301-7036.

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have been large recipients of official development aid (ODA) since the creation of the OECD's Development Aid Committee. Nevertheless, their participation in the aid system has changed in the opening years of the 21st century as a consequence of changes introduced in the international development agenda. The millennium development goals (MDG) strategy concedes special attention to countries that challenge the universal securing of the goals, leading to the reallocation of aid from the countries with intermediate levels of development to the poorest countries. In this context, given the positive advance of the LAC in the MDG, the new world aid map reduces the importance of the region. This article analyzes the ODA flows sent to LAC since 1990 and provides proposals for reform to build a system of aid that is more efficient, offsetting the loss of volume with increases in quality.

Keywords : Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC); official development aid (ODA); international development agenda; millennium development goals (MDG); effectiveness of aid.