Germany is the world’s second-largest bilateral aid donor, spending around $23 billion per year on official development assistance.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, or BMZ, was about to launch a major revamp. If implemented, it would have significant implications for Germany’s approach to aid.
“Not every strategy is significant; this one is. It is widely considered as the largest kind of structural reform for the ministries of the past 12 years,” said Raimund Zühr, project manager at SEEK Development.