By Heiner Janus and Michael Roll Manchester embodies reinvention like few other places. It built the world’s first industrial economy, watched it rust, and recast itself as the capital of Eng…

Opinion: As major donors slash budgets simultaneously, Germany’s development policy must escape the political squeeze between maximalist ambition and narrow self-interest.

Facing steep budget cuts and rising political pressure, BMZ unveils a strategy to prioritize high-impact regions and private sector partnerships

Germany is making steep reductions to its aid budget. Historically, it has struggled to deprioritise, with cuts spread evenly across programmes and countries. In this paper, we show how BMZ can deprio...

Angesichts der Etat-Kürzungen wächst der Druck auf das BMZ, Expertise zu bündeln und Evidenznutzung konsequenter einzufordern.