Navigating the tipping point: four futures for global development cooperation
Klingebiel, Stephan / Andy SumnerMitarbeiter sonstige (2025)
in: Stephan Klingebiel / Andy Sumner (eds.), Development and development policy in the Trump era, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 93-95
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23661/idp23.2025
The global system of development cooperation is in a state of flux. In this paper we discuss how and why the very foundations of international aid and development are being shaken by geopolitical shifts, contested norms and institutional upheaval. We argue that the crisis is not a mere cyclical downturn, nor is it only about money, but rather a fundamental reordering of the global development landscape. In short, a “tipping point” – in the sense of a dramatic moment when incremental changes coalesce into a transformative shift, for better or worse – is in the offing. We ask what might come next.
