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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...

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?

Check out CGD experts' research on foreign aid, as referenced in Planeta Futuro. 

To inspire action on global health, finance, migration, and climate, CGD experts have published a series of proposals to inform the Commissioner-designates' priorities and work plans, summarised in this blog. 

2024 is the year of the democratic “supercycle”: elections covering 4 billion people in over 70 countries are being held. Several major aid-giving countries already have or are expected to move toward the right of the political spectrum. What consequences for aid and development will that have?

There have been some dramatic global changes and challenges to the world order over the last few years. While the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine highlighted countries’ global interdependency, deepening geopolitical tensions have brought national security considerations to the fore. There i...

Development cooperation has reached a crossroads. Humanitarian needs are rapidly increasing as violent conflicts erupt and continue, and geopolitical rivalry is contributing to a more fragmented development landscape. Difficult economic conditions in many of the poorest countries are paired with shr...

On this episode of the CGD Podcast, Anita Käppeli speaks with several guests with close ties to the European Parliament who can offer insight on what June's elections will bring for development policy.

Geopolitical risks are rapidly converging, making the world more crisis-prone and precarious. Faced with a near economic collapse in some low and lower middle-income countries, the escalating devastation of climate-related disasters aggravating existing vulnerabilities, and a sharp rise in conflicts...