The Elcano Royal Institute's Working Papers are longer documents of an academic nature -usually between 12,000 and 15,000 words long, with footnotes and bibliographies- on current international affairs of relevance to Spain or on different aspects of Spain's foreign policy and security.

Cash for development? The use of microcredits and cash transfers as development tools

Aitor Pérez, Nicolás Ayensa, Maricruz Lacalle. 12/2/2021.

This report provides details of the latest advances in these cash-for-development tools at a time when the EU is reshaping its development finance tools for the 2021-27 period.

The EU-China climate agreement: building success at the crucial Glasgow summit

Antxon Olabe Egaña. WP 20/2020 - 28/10/2020.

The response to the climate crisis has not been of the same scale in terms of its seriousness and the mobilisation of resources. This working paper highlights the importance of an ambitious climate agreement between Europe and China as key to building a renewed response from the international community.

International financial transparency

Aitor Pérez. WP 17/2020 (English version) - 29/7/2020.

This paper advocates clear concepts and ways of measuring transparency and illicit financial flows as a first step to improving the communication of the agenda and ultimately making it more effective.

Has Spain’s management of COVID-19 been a failure? Errors, lessons and recommendations

Ignacio Molina, Miguel Otero-Iglesias & José Pablo Martínez. WP 16/2020 (English version) - 27/7/2020.

Spain has been one of the countries that has recorded the greatest impact of COVID-19 in the world. Bearing in mind the information now available, it is possible to postulate certain hypotheses regarding the reasons that account for the severity of the disease’s spread in our country.

Regional or global player? The EU’s international profile

Iliana Olivié & Manuel Gracia. Elcano Policy Paper 2/2020 - 5/5/2020.

By means of the Elcano Global Presence Index, this policy paper aims to depict the EU’s international profile while tracking to what extent its features and the objectives of the EU’s global strategy are aligned with the volume, nature and geographical allocation of the Union’s external projection.