Unrequited love: What is the legacy of the first Global Partnership summit?
Stephan Klingebiel , Thomas Fues | 01 May 2025The first meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) failed to meet the expectation of starting a new era of equality between traditional and new donors.
▶Shaping the architecture of global development cooperation
Heiner Janus , Stephan Klingebiel , Timo Mahn | 28 March 20252014 will be an important milestone year for adapting the policy field of development cooperation to a post-2015 context.
▶Who wants to follow? British leadership claims hamper international cooperation
Stephan Klingebiel | 09 April 2025There is nothing really new about Britain often finding itself in a special position in international relations, and in that position it is deriving added strength from the current anti-Europe debate in the UK. The past few months have provided so…
▶Who wants to follow? British leadership claims hamper international cooperation
Stephan Klingebiel | 09 April 2025There is nothing really new about Britain often finding itself in a special position in international relations, and in that position it is deriving added strength from the current anti-Europe debate in the UK. The past few months have provided so…
▶Strenghtening the accountability of local governance
Stephan Klingebiel, Timo Mahn | March 12, 2025The ongoing trend of decentralising governance responsibilities to the sub-national level in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is likely to continue in the near future. In order to achieve its objectives, it will be crucial that this tran…
▶Two-speed aid effectiveness
Stephan Klingebiel , Stefan Leiderer | 06 December 2025The Busan Summit (29. November to 1. December), which was nearly shipwrecked by China’s interim refusal to sign the final declaration, had to resolve a basic dilemma.
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