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Consolidation or cooperation: the future of EU development cooperation

Gavas, Mikaela / Deborah Johnson / Simon Maxwell (2010)
Discussion Paper 6/2010

EU Democracy Support in Africa in an Era of Uncertainty

Brussels, 30. April 2019

Frontiers in Development Policy: a meetings series sponsored by the European Think-Tanks Group and DEVCO Support for democracy, human rights, and good governance reforms in Africa has become a prominent objective in engagement by EU institutions and EU member states with African countries since the early 1990s. However, after a period of…

The EU-UNDP partnership and added value in EU development cooperation

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2021)
Discussion Paper 20/2021

The EU is an increasingly important funding source for UN development organisations. This paper outlines the priorities and modes of cooperation in the EU-UNDP partnership. It discusses the respective profiles of EU and members as funders and identifies perceived advantages of UNDP as a partner.

Bureaucratic pluralism and the transformation of development cooperation

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2013)
Discussion Paper 16/2013

Presenting results in development cooperation: risks and limitations

Holzapfel, Sarah (2014)
Briefing Paper 4/2014

At a time of global economic crisis, donor agencies are under increasing pressure to provide evidence of the positive results of their work. This paper analyses the limitations and risks of using standard indicators to report on aggregate outputs and outcomes of interventions at agency level.

Revitalising the development effectiveness agenda: seeking creativity and controversy

Keijzer, Niels / Heiner Janus (2016)
External Publications

Coordinating China and DAC development partners: challenges to the aid architecture in Rwanda

Grimm, Sven / Heike Höß / Katharina Knappe / Marion Siebold / Johannes Sperrfec (2011)
Studies 56

Visibility vis-à-vis effectiveness of aid: looking for the third way

Vollmer, Frank (2012)
Briefing Paper 4/2012

Do we need a shared impact and evaluation agenda?

Bonn, 21. March 2017

In September 2015, the members of the UN adopted the 2030 Agenda as the seminal and universally applicable goal setting for sustainable international cooperation in the next 15 years. Putting this agenda into practice is an enormous challenge for local, national, European and global policy makers and politicians alike. Even more…

Who wants to follow? British leadership claims hamper international cooperation

Klingebiel, Stephan (2013)
The Current Column, 18. March 2013

EU and UN Development Cooperation: what should Germany work for?

Weinlich, Silke / Sven Grimm (2009)
Briefing Paper 13/2009

Side Event at the Ethiopia High-Level Symposium

Addis Ababa, Äthiopien, 07. June 2013

Emerging economies have a long experience in providing development cooperation. Emerging economies expect their good practices in development cooperation to be recognised internationally and would like to see them inform the discussions on a post-2015 development agenda and the future of development cooperation. The Delhi Conference…

The role of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

Online, 29. September 2021

Since its foundation in 1961, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) – nerve centre of the aid effort of the “rich” countries (some $160 billion in 2020) – has played a central role in the Post-War aid system. This book traces the history of the institution and reflects on its future. How intense diplomacy by US Deputy Secretary…

Earmarked funding for multilateral development cooperation: asset and impediment

Baumann, Max-Otto / Erik Lundsgaarde / Silke Weinlich (2020)
Briefing Paper 16/2020

The United Nations development system and other multilateral organizations have increasingly been funded through earmarked contributions. This has implications for their ability to effectively and independently perform the functions member states’ expect of them.

The EU's global response to Covid-19: the challenge of promoting ownership

Keijzer, Niels / David Black (2020)
External Publications

Results-based Funding

Paris, 19. May 2014

Today development partners are under strong pressure to demonstrate the results achieved through development co-operation. Results-based funding is one major attempt to respond to this pressure by reshaping the delivery instruments and relationships between development partners. Results-based funding (such as results based aid, program…

Where tradition meets public sector innovation: a Rwandan case study for results-based approaches

Klingebiel, Stephan / Victoria Gonsior / Franziska Jakobs / Miriam Nikitka (2019)
External Publications

The Treaty of Aachen: opportunities and challenges for Franco-German cooperation in development policy and beyond

Krüger, Laura-Theresa / Julie Vaillé (2019)
Discussion Paper 8/2019

Despite the continued high-level commitment to French-German cooperation in development, bilateral cooperation so far remains rather opportunity- than strategy-driven. This Discussion Paper seeks to analyse the main obstacles and how these play out in practice.

Financing for development series: Southern Non-DAC Actors in development cooperation

Chahoud, Tatjana (2008)
Briefing Paper 13/2008

Fragmentation - A Challenge for Development Cooperation under the 2030 Agenda

Tokyo, 07. February 2017

“Fragmentation of Aid: Concepts, Measurements and Implications for Development Cooperation” has been published by Stephan Klingebiel , the head of the department “ Bi- and Multilateral Development Cooperation ” at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) together with researchers Timo Mahn and…