""We can't do everything everywhere, so we're consolidating our resources," said Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan as she presented her reform plan entitled "Shaping the future together globally" in Berlin on Monday. The 26-page paper is also a response to the massive cuts, with more to follow by 2029. This comes at a time when the US, previously the world's largest donor, has almost completely pulled out of development aid. International solidarity is under massive pressure, Alabali Radovan lamented."
"In view of the increasing number of crises and wars, Germany must adapt to the new realities, the minister said. "Development policy will become an even stronger building block of German national security, alongside diplomacy and defense," she added. In addition, the increasingly scarce funds are to be used more intensively to combat hunger and poverty. "We are not withdrawing from any partner country," emphasized the minister, who has been in office since May 2025."
Germany's Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development will have just over 10 billion euros available in 2026, down from almost 14 billion four years earlier. The ministry plans to consolidate resources and implement a 26-page reform titled Shaping the future together globally in response to deep budget cuts through 2029. The United States has largely withdrawn from development aid, increasing pressure on international solidarity. Development policy is being positioned as a key element of German national security alongside diplomacy and defense. Scarce funds will be concentrated on combating hunger and poverty. Germany will not try to replace US funding alone or to compete with China. Chinese involvement in Africa favors infrastructure and resource-backed loans that raise debt and often neglect human rights.
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