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With the US pulling back from development assistance, the UK cutting the aid budget to fund an increase in defense spending, and many traditional donors giving less and less to poorer countries, Germany must decide whether to follow suit—or stand firm in its commitment to global solidarity and to ta...

The discussions on the European Union’s (EU) next seven-year budget have begun. We explore emerging positions on future development financing; and caution against an over-simplified, overly flexible and an interest-driven budget.

While it is still unclear how long the current freeze on US foreign aid will last, and when and where it might resume, it seems the US, under the second Trump administration, may be ready to abandon its role as a lead aid provider. If so—other countries will need to step up. Here, we look at which c...

In this blog we introduce the findings from our new policy paper, in which we examine the mounting pressures on development agencies and outline five key dimensions of agency effectiveness. This paper marks the first piece of our new research series on “agency effectiveness” and lays the groundwork ...

Official Development Assistance (ODA) is facing mounting pressure as global challenges such as climate change, pandemics, and humanitarian crises demand increasing resources while development budgets are shrinking. With less than five years remaining to achieve the UN sustainable development goals, ...

Development policy appears across various German political party manifestos released ahead of the election this Februrary. What are their differing approaches, and what they might tell us about the future direction of German development policy?

Development cooperation will come under more pressure in 2025, with aid budgets shrinking across key European donors. What are the key issues that will likely shape the EU’s approach to international partnerships, and opportunities and challenges for the bloc on development cooperation?

While substantive information about the flagship projects is scarce, a new list of 46 Global Gateway flagship projects for 2025 is now available. The list of flagship projects selected for 2025 is supposed to help showcase the kind of investments the EU is offering to its partners across the globe. ...

Anneliese Dodds, the UK’s minister for international development, has repeatedly stressed that the UK’s “modern approach to international development” means taking economic growth in lower-income countries seriously. We outline four concrete steps the UK can take if it is really serious about helpin...