Co-development and migration in the Spanish policy of International Development Aid

In this paper, we address the connections between co-development and migration in the Spanish context as a theoretical object of study. On this basis, we analyze the way in which both phenomena are reflected in the main institutional documents of the Spanish policy of International Development Cooperation. In the first place, we will see how the migration phenomenon is reflected and, secondly, we will address how the concept of co-development is treated. We will conclude by attempting to adjust these policies into a triple conception of co-development: as a migration management tool, a development cooperation tool or an integration tool. In this way we will see how the approach to these issues and the way of conceiving migrants have evolved according to the social and political changes experienced by the Spanish State.