Beyond aid: a new vision for the UN development function
Browne, Stephen / Frederik Matthys / Detlef Palm / Max-Otto Baumann (2025)
Discussion Paper 32/2025
This paper argues for a new vision of the UN’s development function. Departing from its historical role as an aid channel predicated on the North-South divide, the UN should build on leveraging its universal legitimacy, normative authority and convening power.
