Search Results - subject:"Development policy"

Global development policy and the New World Disorder : the Trump administration’s delivery of a high-voltage shockwave to multilateral norms, institutional commitments and long-sta...

Klingebiel, Stephan; Sumner, Andrew - German Institute of Development and Sustainability - 2026

Global development policy is a particularly revealing field in which the Trump administration combines crude … House in January 2025, a significant phase in international affairs, including global development policy, began. This policy … overtly aggressive assault, delivering a high voltage shockwave to global sustainable development policy, undermining …

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Rethinking foreign aid : driving local innovation, R&D, and capacity building

Wantchekon, Leonard - 2026

Research and development (R&D) is a central driver of long-term economic growth, technological progress, and institutional capacity. Yet many African countries remain marginal in the global knowledge economy, with limited investment in science, technology, and innovation (STI) and weak research...

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Strengthening European development policy : the case for team Europe 2.0

Koch, Svea; Bergmann, Julian; Erforth, Benedikt; … - 2026

is also having an impact on European development policy. In many European Union (EU) member states, funding for official … development policy is largely absent. Yet, without strengthening European cooperation in development policy, Europe will not … reform efforts in European development policy must strengthen cooperation and complementarity to respond effectively to the …

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Civil society and the state in the making of Canadian development policy : the case of maternal, newborn and child health and reproductive rights policy

Black, David R.; Cameron, John - In: Canadian journal of development studies 46 (2025) 1, pp. 107-129

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Development and development policy in the Trump era

Klingebiel, Stephan (ed.); Sumner, Andrew (ed.) - German Institute of Development and Sustainability - 2025

Since the beginning of US President Donald Trump’s second term in early 2025, not only US development policy but the …

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Identifying mutual interests : how donor countries benefit from foreign aid

Heidland, Tobias; Michael, Maximilian; Schularick, Moritz; … - 2025

Official development assistance (ODA) is widely studied for its impact on recipient countries, but its effects on donor countries remain underexplored. To address this gap systematically, we develop a conceptual framework for understanding when foreign aid generates measurable returns for donor...

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Four futures for a global development cooperation system in flux : policy at the intersection of geopolitics, norm contestation and institutional shift

Klingebiel, Stephan; Sumner, Andrew - German Institute of Development and Sustainability - 2025

This policy brief situates the crisis of Official Development Assistance (ODA) within a broader transformation of global development cooperation. Today’s challenge goes beyond shrinking aid budgets; it reflects deeper pressures on the post-Cold War development consensus and its institutional...

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Trump's assault on foreign aid : implications for international development cooperation

Haug, Sebastian; Novoselova, Anna; Klingebiel, Stephan - German Institute of Development and Sustainability - 2025

The United States of America has long been a leading force in international development cooperation, both politically and financially. However, the first weeks of the second Trump administration have called the traditional role of US foreign aid fundamentally into question. From a 90-day funding...

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Feminists' perspectives as transformative levers in Ghana

Ohemeng, Fidelia N. A.; Ogum, Deda; Akakpo, Deborah Tayo; … - German Institute of Development and Sustainability - 2025

Ghana is a multi-party, multi-ethnic and multi-religious state, with a dominant influence of socio-cultural norms and practices that impact negatively on women in their everyday lives. Most Ghanaians are subject to customary law which discriminates against women, even though Ghana practises...

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Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers for greater gender equality : synthesis study

Götze, Jacqueline; Klingebiel, Stephan; Khalid, Maryam - German Institute of Development and Sustainability - 2025

The significance of gender equality needs to be spotlighted since women and LGBTQIA* communities are prone to become victims of violence and have limited participation in political and decision-making processes. The approaches of feminist development policies and feminist foreign policies have...

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