The concept and mainstream approaches of development cooperation (DC) have been criticised since the early beginning of their existence. Post-development (PD) scholars have been criticising international DC since 1990 for both its Western perspective and the lack of reflection on asymmetrical...

This policy brief outlines how feminist development policy can be locally enacted by taking an intersectional approach to the provision of assistance to refugees and displaced persons. Refugee-led organisations (RLOs) play a key role in providing collective services, particularly in contexts...

State fragility, which describes how different components of a state do (or do not) function, is a central concept for understanding how development activities and policies in complex political, humanitarian and conflict-affected contexts will (or will not) work in practice. Using fragility as a...

Our understanding of how state fragility leads to forced displacement remains empirically and theoretically fractured, even as wider research on development and migration has expanded. Forced displacement and mixed migration will increasingly be central to global debates in the coming decades,...

Increasing global access to digital technologies is creating opportunities and challenges for donors and the humanitarian agencies with which they work to support people fleeing from war, massive human rights abuses and other emergencies. Digital tools make it easier for refugees to reach out to...

Many view development co-operation as a key to reducing irregular migration from sub-Saharan Africa. However, critics note that increased socio-economic development is likely to lead to more, rather than less, migration. Historical and cross-country comparison studies have shown that emigration...

Viele sehen in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit einen Schlüssel zur Reduzierung der irregulären Zuwanderung aus Subsahara-Afrika. Doch Kritiker wenden ein, mehr sozio-ökonomische Entwicklung führe erfahrungsgemäß nicht zu weniger, sondern zu mehr Migration. Tatsächlich haben historische und...

Der verbesserte globale Zugang zu digitalen Technologien schafft Chancen aber auch Herausforderungen für Geber und die Hilfsorganisationen, mit denen sie im Rahmen der Unterstützung von Menschen auf der Flucht vor Kriegen, massiven Menschenrechtsverletzungen und anderen Notsituationen...

As increased migration, particularly to urban centres, and digitalisation play a greater role in development cooperation, more research on how these phenomena interact will become critical. Information communication technologies (ICTs) offer pathways for potentially making it easier for migrants...

Bei den deutschen und europäischen Bemühungen, die irreguläre Zuwanderung vor allem aus Subsahara-Afrika zu verringern, ruhen große Hoffnungen auf der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Sie soll helfen, möglichst viele Ursachen für solche Wanderungen zu beseitigen. In allen einschlägigen...