Germany: Turn or Equal?
This blog discusses the new turn in Germany after the latest elections in September 2009. Although only midfield with its ODP share of 0.38% of GDP, Germany is second as donor country in absolute terms. How such a monetary power may shape Europe's development policies and its picture in the recipient countries is subject to this debate.
Challenges: the new development policy in Germany
December 14, 2009 Wilfried Steen
Wilfried Steen was member of the board of directors of the Church Development Service (EED) from its foundation in 1999 until August 2009. He was responsible for inland and personnel programmes. During the 1990s, he was the chief executive of EED’s predecessor, the Church Development Service and development expert at the church office of the Protestant Church of Germany (EKD). The development policy of the new Federal Government is characterized by some remarkable changes. Even thoug... read more >>
Poverty alleviation and participation in German development policies
December 11, 2009 Dr. Klemens van de Sand
Dr. Klemens van de Sand, a consultant for German Watch, started his professional career as a staff member of the Konrad-Adenauer- Foundation in Indonesia. He has worked with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), for almost 30 years, holding positions such as commissioner for human rights , head of the Department for Development Policy, Research, Evaluation and Donor Coordination and commissioner for Asia. In addition, he was chairman of the OECD-DAC Wor... read more >>
It’s the structure, stupid. Where is German Development Cooperation headed?
November 28, 2009 Daniel Brombacher
Daniel Brombacher, M.A. is a German political scientist, former Junior Consultant within the Programme for Regional Security Co-operation Latin America of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation and former Bosch fellow at the Disarmament Department of the German Foreign Office, the Conflict Prevention Centre of the OSCE and at the International Crisis Group, Andes Office, Bogotá, Colombia. He is currently fellow at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, the German Institute for International and Sec... read more >>
Development policy is relevant for the system!
November 28, 2009 Danuta Sacher
Danuta Sacher is the Executive Director of terre des hommes Germany. Sacher, former head of department of the Politics and Campaigns of the development organisation Brot für die Welt in Stuttgart, Germany, and having worked on refugee and human rights issues in South America, is concerned by the new development cooperation policies after the federal elections of September 2009. To say the least: The future heading of German development policy is worrying. Only weeks after the federal ele... read more >>
Germany: Turn or Equal?
- Comment: Bonn Appeal (December 15, 2009)
- Blog post: Challenges: the new development policy in Germany (December 14, 2009)
- Blog post: Poverty alleviation and participation in German development policies (December 11, 2009)
- Blog post: It’s the structure, stupid. Where is German Development Cooperation headed? (November 28, 2009)
- Blog post: Development policy is relevant for the system! (November 28, 2009)
