Germany's development aid strategy under fire
Key takeaways
- Days ahead of the launch of the North-South Commission, development aid organizations have urged the German government to reverse billions in cuts to development aid.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5G71UMillions of people are suffering from hunger worldwide due to worsening drought and wars Image: Stefanie Glinski/Welthungerhilfe Advertisement.
- The budgets of Germany's Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and for humanitarian aid have been cut every year since 2022.
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Days ahead of the launch of the North-South Commission, development aid organizations have urged the German government to reverse billions in cuts to development aid.
https://p.dw.com/p/5G71UMillions of people are suffering from hunger worldwide due to worsening drought and wars Image: Stefanie Glinski/Welthungerhilfe Advertisement. The children's aid organization Terre des Hommes and the development organization Welthungerhilfe presented their devastating analysis of Germany's development aid efforts in their annual report, "Kompass 2026," in Berlin earlier this week.
"A failure of political support, a drastic decline in funding and a growing disregard for international humanitarian law are making it harder to reach people in need and are undermining the effectiveness and reliability of humanitarian aid," the report reads.