José Antonio Alonso, director of the Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI) in Madrid, Spain. He has a PhD in economics and is professor of applied economics at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, and is also member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s Committee for Development Policy and the Cooperation for Development Committee in Spain. He recently edited: Financiación del Desarrollo: Viejos Recursos, nuevas propuestas (Siglo XXI Editores, 2009).
Spain became the sixth largest donor in the world just 30 years after becoming a donor country itself. But the lack of management structure and severe budget cuts means it faces uncertain times.
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