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* Food aid is the provision by foreign donors of food commodities, for free or at a steep discount from commercial terms, to individuals or institutions within a single country. Food assistance is a somewhat broader concept encompassing any internationally financed direct food, cash, or voucher…

Executive Summary Humanitarian assistance and development cooperation pursue different aims and follow different principles. Their separation – while important to protect the independence of humanitarian action – has negative side effects. This paper seeks to contribute to the international debate…

Introduction On 8 November 2009, at the fourth Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao laid out a comprehensive road map for China's continued engagement in Africa. Upon closer inspection, one detail of this speech was particularly striking. Wen…

Executive Summary This report investigates tools and methods for assessing aid efficiency. It explains concepts of efficiency and efficiency analysis and presents a catalogue of 15 methods that can be used to assess the efficiency of aid interventions. Each method is described and characterised.…

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is in jail, and the debate over his successor as IMF head has already begun. German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to see another European get the job. But that would be a fatal signal to emerging powers such as China and India. It seemed as if they had the best of intentions.…

Just four weeks ago, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was cheered by the crowds on Cairo’s Tahrir Square for his support of the cause of freedom. An early champion of the Tunisian & Egyptian protest movements, Germany led Europe’s increasingly unified response to the revolutions across the…

A human rights dialogue between the European Union and China has been going on since 1995. It runs on three tracks and includes a diplomatic level, expert seminars and technical co-operation projects. The three levels are supposed to interact with and benefit from each other. This article focuses on…

Im Südsudan übernahm am 9. Juli 2011 die SPLM/A die Zügel des neuen Staates. Die jetzt unabhängigen Herrscher stehen vor gewaltigen Herausforderungen: die wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Indikatoren gehören zu den schlechtesten in der ganzen Welt. Das Land hat weder eine funktionierende Verwaltung,…

Mit dem „Einmarsch“ in Bahrain zeigt Saudi-Arabien sein wahres Gesicht. Denn was als Beistandsleistung im Rahmen des sechsköpfigen Golfkooperationsrats präsentiert wird, ist ein starkes Signal aus Riad, dass es die Entwicklung in Bahrain nicht mehr weiter dulden wird. Doch birgt diese Strategie…