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Sergio Tezanos
Cátedra de Cooperación Internacional y Con Iberoamérica, Department of Economics, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

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I am associate professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Cantabria (Spain) and deputy director of the Ibero-American Research Office in International Development & Co-operation of this university. I was President (and founder) of the Spanish Network of Development Studies (REEDES) between 2011 and 2017, and Vice-President of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) between 2014 and 2017. Previously I was associate researcher at the Complutense Institute of International Studies (ICEI), visiting research fellow of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford), and visiting researcher in the World Bank’s Human Development Network (Washington DC). My professional commitment –as a teacher and a researcher– is to contribute –to the best of my ability– to the consolidation of the multidisciplinary area of "development studies", as I am convinced that the “multidisciplinary” dialogue between social scientists is the most appropriate approach in order to generate relevant knowledge for human development and international co-operation. My main research fields are human development, international co-operation policies, international migration and the epistemological analysis of “development studies”.

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Original article
Published: 08 July 2021 in The European Journal of Development Research
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Why does the cross-disciplinary field of “development studies” have relatively low “journal impact indicators” in comparison with other mono-disciplinary fields of study? We argue that a reasonable explanation is the existence of a “paper drain” phenomenon: a certain proportion of the papers dealing with development is eventually published in journals that are assigned to other (non-development) fields. We conceptualize the paper drain phenomenon and empirically estimate its size for the field of development studies. Running an algorithmic procedure on the Scopus database, we identify six “key development issues” and estimate that the subject category of “development” is approximately publishing 28% of the papers dealings with these issues within the Social Sciences. The remaining 72% are “draining” to other (non-development) categories. We offer some recommendations in order to rise the scientific impact (and influence) of development studies, such as increasing the number of journals covered by the impact indicators.

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Sergio Tezanos; Carmen Trueba. Implications of Cross-disciplinarity: Estimating the “Paper Drain” in Development Studies. The European Journal of Development Research 2021, 1 -31.

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Sergio Tezanos, Carmen Trueba. Implications of Cross-disciplinarity: Estimating the “Paper Drain” in Development Studies. The European Journal of Development Research. 2021; ():1-31.

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Sergio Tezanos; Carmen Trueba. 2021. "Implications of Cross-disciplinarity: Estimating the “Paper Drain” in Development Studies." The European Journal of Development Research , no. : 1-31.

Journal article
Published: 01 July 2021 in Revista Española de Sociología
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Este artículo analiza los factores que motivan la participación en seis monedas sociales en España. En primer lugar se identifican las motivaciones de los usuarios mediante una herramienta de consenso, el método Delphi, en la que participan los representantes de las monedas. En segundo lugar se pondera la importancia de dichas motivaciones mediante una encuesta al conjunto de sus usuarios. Y, finalmente, se evalúan estas motivaciones como satisfactores de necesidades según el esquema de Max-Neef. Los principales hallazgos son la identificación de los aspectos que motivan la participación en las monedas sociales, todos de carácter posmaterialista; que todos ellos influyen en la mayoría de las necesidades vitales de las personas; y que integran una serie de dimensiones ambiental, política, social y filosófica de las acciones económicas de las personas que el sistema económico monetario no considera, y que se intentan recuperar por medio de alternativas económicas como las monedas sociales.

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Manuel Ávila Sánchez; Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. Motivaciones posmaterialistas de las acciones económicas de las personas. Estudio de caso de seis monedas sociales en España. Revista Española de Sociología 2021, 30, a63 -a63.

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Manuel Ávila Sánchez, Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. Motivaciones posmaterialistas de las acciones económicas de las personas. Estudio de caso de seis monedas sociales en España. Revista Española de Sociología. 2021; 30 (3):a63-a63.

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Manuel Ávila Sánchez; Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. 2021. "Motivaciones posmaterialistas de las acciones económicas de las personas. Estudio de caso de seis monedas sociales en España." Revista Española de Sociología 30, no. 3: a63-a63.

Journal article
Published: 24 December 2020 in Sustainability
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The generation of food loss and waste (FLW) is a global problem for worldwide politics. About one-third of the food produced ends up in the rubbish before it is consumed. For this reason, it is essential to design and implement new strategies along the food supply chain (FSC) with the aim of reducing this FLW at each stage. However, not only mass quantification should be considered, but also economic and nutritional performance. The novelty of this study is the definition of a methodology based on the “distance to target” approach by means of multi-objective optimization to evaluate the economic and nutritional cost produced by this FLW. This methodology was applied to the Spanish food basket in 2015. The results revealed that 80% of the total FLW generated in economic and nutritional terms is concentrated in the agricultural production (53.3%) and consumption (26.3%) stages. In the first stages of the FSC, fruits (Dn eq.= 0.7), cereals (Dn eq.= 0.61), and vegetables (Dn eq.= 0.57) were the furthest from the distance target due to the great amount of FLW generated. Moreover, according to the normalized weighted distances obtained from the minimization of economic and nutritional cost, pulses (Dn eq. = 0.05–0.03) and eggs (Dn eq. = 0.02) were the more efficient food categories. The methodology described in this study proposes a single index to quantify the economic and nutritional cost of different food categories to facilitate the decision-making process. This index makes possible the definition of reduction strategies focused on specific food categories and depending on the FSC stage.

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Jara Laso; Cristina Campos; Ana Fernández-Ríos; Daniel Hoehn; Andrea del Río; Israel Ruiz-Salmón; Jorge Cristobal; Ainoa Quiñones; Francisco Amo-Setién; María Ortego; Sergio Tezanos; Rebeca Abajas; Alba Bala; Pere Fullana-I-Palmer; Rita Puig; María Margallo; Rubén Aldaco; Ricardo Abejón. Looking for Answers to Food Loss and Waste Management in Spain from a Holistic Nutritional and Economic Approach. Sustainability 2020, 13, 125 .

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Jara Laso, Cristina Campos, Ana Fernández-Ríos, Daniel Hoehn, Andrea del Río, Israel Ruiz-Salmón, Jorge Cristobal, Ainoa Quiñones, Francisco Amo-Setién, María Ortego, Sergio Tezanos, Rebeca Abajas, Alba Bala, Pere Fullana-I-Palmer, Rita Puig, María Margallo, Rubén Aldaco, Ricardo Abejón. Looking for Answers to Food Loss and Waste Management in Spain from a Holistic Nutritional and Economic Approach. Sustainability. 2020; 13 (1):125.

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Jara Laso; Cristina Campos; Ana Fernández-Ríos; Daniel Hoehn; Andrea del Río; Israel Ruiz-Salmón; Jorge Cristobal; Ainoa Quiñones; Francisco Amo-Setién; María Ortego; Sergio Tezanos; Rebeca Abajas; Alba Bala; Pere Fullana-I-Palmer; Rita Puig; María Margallo; Rubén Aldaco; Ricardo Abejón. 2020. "Looking for Answers to Food Loss and Waste Management in Spain from a Holistic Nutritional and Economic Approach." Sustainability 13, no. 1: 125.

Journal article
Published: 24 May 2020 in Studies of Applied Economics
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Spain closes a cycle of strong growth in its public policy of foreign aid for development, and starts a new period of crisis and fiscal adjustment in which the co-operation strategy must be revised. This article describes the stylized facts that characterize the Spanish Official Development Assistance (ODA). We analyze the geographical, sectorial and instrumental ODA distribution, comparing the different patterns followed by the last two Governments of the PP and the PSOE, and we propose economic policy criteria to design a truly selective and “strategic” public policy of international co-operation.

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José María Larrú; Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. Ayuda oficial española al desarrollo: Los retos de la especialización geográfica y sectorial. Studies of Applied Economics 2020, 30, 889 -914.

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José María Larrú, Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. Ayuda oficial española al desarrollo: Los retos de la especialización geográfica y sectorial. Studies of Applied Economics. 2020; 30 (3):889-914.

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José María Larrú; Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. 2020. "Ayuda oficial española al desarrollo: Los retos de la especialización geográfica y sectorial." Studies of Applied Economics 30, no. 3: 889-914.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2018 in World Development
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The cross-disciplinary field of “development studies” involves a variety of scientific disciplines, mainly within the Social Sciences. Its cross-disciplinary character implies a complex process of forming a “development discourse” in which different disciplines are simultaneously proposing different—and sometimes contradictory—discourse components, and where there is—still—a “Western hegemony”, despite the fact that research is mainly focused on the so-called “developing” countries. Based on the theories of Michel Foucault, this paper studies the role and influence of academic journals in shaping the “contemporary development discourse” by means of identifying the main areas of research, the citation networks, and the most influential articles, countries and institutions. Our bibliometric analysis focuses in four “development” journals that are ranked in the Social Sciences Citation Index in the “subject category” of “planning and development”: World Development, Development and Change, Third World Quarterly and European Journal of Development Research. The analysis for the period 2000–2015 produces four main results:

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Rogelio Madrueño; Sergio Tezanos. The contemporary development discourse: Analysing the influence of development studies’ journals. World Development 2018, 109, 334 -345.

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Rogelio Madrueño, Sergio Tezanos. The contemporary development discourse: Analysing the influence of development studies’ journals. World Development. 2018; 109 ():334-345.

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Rogelio Madrueño; Sergio Tezanos. 2018. "The contemporary development discourse: Analysing the influence of development studies’ journals." World Development 109, no. : 334-345.

Journal article
Published: 24 May 2017 in Política y Sociedad
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El ascenso de los países emergentes y los cambios en la geografía del desarrollo han supuesto importantes transformaciones en la agenda del desarrollo global. Siguen existiendo importantes asimetrías, y por tanto responsabilidades y capacidades diferenciadas para cada parte, pero es necesario aceptar el carácter cada vez más global y transnacional de la agenda de desarrollo contemporánea, y la necesidad de una acción colectiva más eficaz y legítima para hacerle frente. Este artículo analiza la transición desde los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) hasta la nueva Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). Para ello se explican las lógicas de orden político y normativo en pugna en el surgimiento de la nueva agenda y la gobernanza del desarrollo global; se identifican los principales cambios de la Agenda 2030 y sus características como normas multilaterales para el desarrollo global; y se analizan las potencialidades y riesgos que plantean los ODS para el sistema de cooperación internacional.

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José Antonio Sanahuja; Sergio Tezanos-Vázquez. "Del milenio a la sostenibilidad": retos y perspectivas de la Agenda 2030 para el desarrollo sostenible. Política y Sociedad 2017, 54, 521 -543.

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José Antonio Sanahuja, Sergio Tezanos-Vázquez. "Del milenio a la sostenibilidad": retos y perspectivas de la Agenda 2030 para el desarrollo sostenible. Política y Sociedad. 2017; 54 (2):521-543.

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José Antonio Sanahuja; Sergio Tezanos-Vázquez. 2017. ""Del milenio a la sostenibilidad": retos y perspectivas de la Agenda 2030 para el desarrollo sostenible." Política y Sociedad 54, no. 2: 521-543.

Journal article
Published: 01 November 2016 in The European Journal of Development Research
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Existing classifications of developing countries have been based on – or dominated by – income per capita. Even those deemed to be ‘alternatives’ to the income classification include income per capita as a main component. This article proposes an alternative approach to classifying countries based on cluster analysis that allows us to identify the key development characteristics of each cluster of countries. We build five clusters of developing countries and consider changes over time since the late 1990s. We find that there is neither a simple ‘linear representation of development levels’ (from low- to high- development countries) nor a ‘linear dynamic of development’ (as if groups were ‘immutable’ and countries were just trying to accommodate themselves to the ‘established’ groups), which implies that the dominant international classification needs review. Instead our multidimensional and dynamic taxonomy offers a more nuanced understanding of the diversity of challenges of developing countries and their evolution over time. Les classifications existantes des pays en développement ont été fondées sur – ou dominées par – le revenu par habitant. Même celles qui sont considérées comme des « alternatives» à la classification du revenu par habitant incluent le revenu par habitant comme une composante qui est fortement pondérée. Cet article propose une approche alternative à la classification des pays, basée sur l’analyse de cluster qui nous permet d’identifier les caractéristiques clés du développement de chaque groupe de pays. Nous construisons cinq groupes de pays en développement et nous considérons les changements au fil du temps depuis la fin des années 1990 au sein des groupes eux-mêmes, au sein des pays de chaque groupe et dans le monde en développement dans son ensemble.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez; Andy Sumner. Is the ‘Developing World’ Changing? A Dynamic and Multidimensional Taxonomy of Developing Countries. The European Journal of Development Research 2016, 28, 847 -874.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez, Andy Sumner. Is the ‘Developing World’ Changing? A Dynamic and Multidimensional Taxonomy of Developing Countries. The European Journal of Development Research. 2016; 28 (5):847-874.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez; Andy Sumner. 2016. "Is the ‘Developing World’ Changing? A Dynamic and Multidimensional Taxonomy of Developing Countries." The European Journal of Development Research 28, no. 5: 847-874.

Book chapter
Published: 20 October 2015 in Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid
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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. Geographical allocation of aid: lessons from political economy. Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid 2015, 90 -108.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. Geographical allocation of aid: lessons from political economy. Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid. 2015; ():90-108.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. 2015. "Geographical allocation of aid: lessons from political economy." Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid , no. : 90-108.

Articles
Published: 30 June 2015 in Oxford Development Studies
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How should the aid financial burden be distributed across donor governments? This article discusses the “distributive justice” of the current aid-financing pattern, and advocates a progressive modality in which citizens from donor countries with higher living standards contribute proportionally more than citizens from countries with lower living standards. For this purpose, we conceive public foreign aid as a tax mechanism for redistributing income on a worldwide scale. The progressivity analysis for 45 bilateral donors (28 DAC countries and 17 non-DAC donors) using concentration curves and Suits indexes between 2000 and 2012 shows that the current distribution of the aid burden is insufficiently progressive (mainly due to the limited contributions of the richer donors). Finally, we argue that a progressive exaction scheme will improve the distributive justice of the aid system.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. Distributive Justice in Aid for Development. Oxford Development Studies 2015, 43, 310 -329.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. Distributive Justice in Aid for Development. Oxford Development Studies. 2015; 43 (3):310-329.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. 2015. "Distributive Justice in Aid for Development." Oxford Development Studies 43, no. 3: 310-329.

Journal article
Published: 26 September 2014 in Journal of International Relations and Development
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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez; David Gutierrez Sobrao. Reshaping geographical allocation of aid: the role of immigration in Spanish Official Development Assistance. Journal of International Relations and Development 2014, 19, 333 -364.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez, David Gutierrez Sobrao. Reshaping geographical allocation of aid: the role of immigration in Spanish Official Development Assistance. Journal of International Relations and Development. 2014; 19 (3):333-364.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez; David Gutierrez Sobrao. 2014. "Reshaping geographical allocation of aid: the role of immigration in Spanish Official Development Assistance." Journal of International Relations and Development 19, no. 3: 333-364.

Original articles
Published: 05 September 2013 in The Journal of Development Studies
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Many have challenged the use of income per capita as the primary proxy for measuring development since Seers’s seminal works. This article continues this tradition with a more recent twist. We use cluster analysis to build a multidimensional taxonomy of developing countries using a set of indicators covering four conceptual frames on ‘development’. The value-added of the article is not to suggest that our classification is the end in itself, but – more modestly – to demonstrate that more work on taxonomies is required in light of the weakness of classifications based solely on income and the changing distribution of global poverty.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez; Andy Sumner. Revisiting the Meaning of Development: A Multidimensional Taxonomy of Developing Countries. The Journal of Development Studies 2013, 49, 1728 -1745.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez, Andy Sumner. Revisiting the Meaning of Development: A Multidimensional Taxonomy of Developing Countries. The Journal of Development Studies. 2013; 49 (12):1728-1745.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez; Andy Sumner. 2013. "Revisiting the Meaning of Development: A Multidimensional Taxonomy of Developing Countries." The Journal of Development Studies 49, no. 12: 1728-1745.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2013 in Journal of Applied Economics
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Aid effectiveness in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been little studied, despite the fact that it is the developing region receiving foreign aid with the highest per capita income and inequality levels. This paper uses a growth regression model to analyze the impact of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in LAC. We evaluate ODA effectiveness in relation to the growth rate of an ‘inequality-adjusted GDP per capita’ in order to precisely define the desired impact of aid in a region with high levels of inequality. The estimation produces three main results: aid is effective, in aggregated terms, once we deal with the effect of income inequalities; the impact of concessional loans seems to be greater than the impact of grants; and, aid may be more effective in less corrupt countries.

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Sergio Tezanos; Ainoa Quiñones; Marta Guijarro. Inequality, Aid and Growth: Macroeconomic Impact of Aid Grants and Loans in Latin America and the Caribbean. Journal of Applied Economics 2013, 16, 153 -177.

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Sergio Tezanos, Ainoa Quiñones, Marta Guijarro. Inequality, Aid and Growth: Macroeconomic Impact of Aid Grants and Loans in Latin America and the Caribbean. Journal of Applied Economics. 2013; 16 (1):153-177.

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Sergio Tezanos; Ainoa Quiñones; Marta Guijarro. 2013. "Inequality, Aid and Growth: Macroeconomic Impact of Aid Grants and Loans in Latin America and the Caribbean." Journal of Applied Economics 16, no. 1: 153-177.

Journal article
Published: 06 November 2012 in Revista iberoamericana de estudios de desarrollo = Iberoamerican journal of development studies
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Although it is not asy to classify countries according to their levels of development –mainly because the concept of “human development” is complex and multidimensional –, the most widespread classification is just the simplest one, based on income per capita levels. According to this classification, most of the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries are located in the world middle-income strata. This paper proposes an alternative “development taxonomy” for LAC middle-income countries. Using a cluster analysis we identify and characterize three groups of countries in relation to 10 main “development gaps”: the most advanced countries (Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay and Brasil), the middle-development countries (Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Belize, El Salvador, Paraguay and Guyana) and those countries with the greatest development challenges (Guatemala, Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua). CITE AS: Tezanos-Vázquez, S., Quiñones-Montellano, A. (2012). ¿Países de renta media? Una taxonomía alternativa del desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe. Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies, 1 (2): 4-27

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Sergio Tezanos-Vázquez; Ainoa Quiñones-Montellano. Middle income countries? An alternative development taxonomy of Latin America and the Caribbean. Revista iberoamericana de estudios de desarrollo = Iberoamerican journal of development studies 2012, 1, 4-27 .

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Sergio Tezanos-Vázquez, Ainoa Quiñones-Montellano. Middle income countries? An alternative development taxonomy of Latin America and the Caribbean. Revista iberoamericana de estudios de desarrollo = Iberoamerican journal of development studies. 2012; 1 (2):4-27.

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Sergio Tezanos-Vázquez; Ainoa Quiñones-Montellano. 2012. "Middle income countries? An alternative development taxonomy of Latin America and the Caribbean." Revista iberoamericana de estudios de desarrollo = Iberoamerican journal of development studies 1, no. 2: 4-27.

Original articles
Published: 15 November 2008 in Oxford Development Studies
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The geographical allocation of Spanish aid has been little studied, despite its unusual concentration on middle-income countries. This paper develops a theoretical model in which aid allocation depends on a combination of recipient needs, donor interests and performance criteria, and estimates it econometrically for Spain. The results show that the allocation of Spanish aid has been influenced both by Spain's own foreign policy interests and by recipient needs for poverty reduction and development (although not by the quality of recipient governance or recipient absorptive capacity). Former Spanish colonies received a disproportionate share of Spain's aid (as is true mutatis mutandis for other European countries), but aid is allocated among them with greater regard to recipient need than is Spain's aid to other developing countries.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. Aiding Middle-income Countries? The Case of Spain. Oxford Development Studies 2008, 36, 409 -438.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. Aiding Middle-income Countries? The Case of Spain. Oxford Development Studies. 2008; 36 (4):409-438.

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Sergio Tezanos Vázquez. 2008. "Aiding Middle-income Countries? The Case of Spain." Oxford Development Studies 36, no. 4: 409-438.