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As rates of conflict and fragility rise across West Africa and the Sahel, aid flows from the largest donors, including France and the US, decline. These reductions threaten to eliminate life-saving health and food assistance programs, worsening already dire social and humanitarian conditions, partic...

Mobilising private capital in emerging markets and developing economies is often difficult owing to high perceived risk, limited collateral, and underdeveloped financial markets. Guarantees play an important role in overcoming these barriers. In simple terms, a guarantee lowers the risk for private ...

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...

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?