From a 3D approach to a 3FT approach
Dirk-Jan Koch | 25 July 2025The importance of moving beyond Defence, Diplomacy and Development towards Fair Trade, Financial Transparency and a Firearms Treaty to achieve human security in fragile states.
▶Dirk Jan Koch: Cijfermateriaal WRR te pretentieus
Dirk-Jan Koch | 03 March 2025In bad, in bed en op het balkon; het rapport van de WRR leest enorm lekker weg. Bovendien zaten er voor mij een aantal eye-openers in die ons verder kunnen helpen om de Nederlandse hulp op een hoger plan te gaan tillen (om maar een paar voorbeelde...
▶Uncharted territories
Dirk-Jan Koch | July 25, 2025Non-governmental development organizations are expected to focus on countries with poor governance. New evidence shows that they do not. While they do tend to focus more than bilateral donors on poor countries, they make some curious geographical...
▶Dirk-Jan Koch
Website: Personal profile at the CIDIN (Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen)
Dirk Jan Koch is regional director for Central and West Africa at Search for Common Ground. Koch holds a Master’s degree in Development Management from the London School of Economics (merit) and a PhD from the Radboud University in Development Studies (distinction). He was a diplomat from 2004 until 2011. He published the book ‘De Congo Codes’ in 2014.The book was highly praised in the Dutch media, given a four–star rating by Het Parool, a three-star rating by the NRC Handelsblad, and labelled a ‘must-read’ by Trouw.





