How does aid coordination work within the United Nations, and how can it be improved? This study examines the role of resident coordinators – normally the UN’s highest ranking official on the ground – in forging coherence among the three dozen organisations that together form the UN...

What is the future role of the United Nations development system, how will it function and what are the necessary means? The UNDS seems to be well positioned to play a key role in implementing the Sustainable Development Agenda. Preparations for the paradigm shift to Sustainable Development...

This policy brief discusses the new geopolitical and geo-economic context and its significance for the Global South and the development policies of Western actors. The systemic confrontation between China and the USA, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but also the seizure of power through a...