{"id":1083,"date":"2025-10-02T04:02:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/germany-turn-or-equal\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:02:20","slug":"germany-turn-or-equal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/germany-turn-or-equal\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Turn Or Equal"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left blog content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"banner-fade\" class=\"block\">\n<ul class=\"bjqs noside\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Germany: Turn or Equal?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/germany-turn-or-equal\/24416-1-eng-gb\/germany-turn-or-equal_carousel.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"text intro_highlight\">\n<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGermany: Turn or Equal?<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">This blog discusses the new turn in Germany after the latest elections in September 2009.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pubDate\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<p class=\"right\"> | October 26, 2025<\/p>\n\n-->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#blog-description\" class=\"popup readmore\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\" title=\"Germany: Turn or Equal?\"><strong>&#x25b6;<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"blog-description\" class=\"hide\">\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">This blog discusses the new turn in Germany after the latest elections in September 2009. Although only midfield with its ODP share of 0.38% of GDP, Germany is second as donor country in absolute terms. How such a monetary power may shape Europe&#8217;s development policies and its picture in the recipient countries is subject to this debate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"Germany: Turn or Equal?\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n\t\t<!-- \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/mandrill\/subscription\/add\/75009\/4620\">Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t -->\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"subitem content column wide left blog\">\n<div class=\"children blue\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article fader\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Challenges: the new development policy in Germany\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Challenges: the new development policy in Germany<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Wilfried Steen<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t13 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe development policy of the new Federal Government is characterized by some remarkable changes. Even though development policy is the last point in the 130 page declaration of the coalition agreement of the government parties, there do not seem&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/germany-turn-or-equal\/poverty-alleviation-and-participation-in-german-development-policies\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Poverty alleviation and participation in German development policies\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/germany-turn-or-equal\/poverty-alleviation-and-participation-in-german-development-policies\/\">Poverty alleviation and participation in German development policies<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Klemens van de Sand<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIn the late 1980s, in response to the increasing criticism of the ineffectiveness of German development programmes, a number of new approaches and principles were included in German policies relating to development cooperation. Examples of these a&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/germany-turn-or-equal\/poverty-alleviation-and-participation-in-german-development-policies\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/germany-turn-or-equal\/development-policy-is-relevant-for-the-system\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/germany-turn-or-equal\/development-policy-is-relevant-for-the-system\/25421-1-eng-gb\/development-policy-is-relevant-for-the-system_column.jpg\" alt=\"Development policy is relevant for the system!\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/germany-turn-or-equal\/development-policy-is-relevant-for-the-system\/\">Development policy is relevant for the system!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t27 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tDanuta Sacher is the Executive Director of terre des hommes Germany. Sacher, former head of department of the Politics and Campaigns of the development organisation Brot f\u00fcr die Welt in Stuttgart, Germany, and having worked on refugee and human ri&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/germany-turn-or-equal\/development-policy-is-relevant-for-the-system\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/germany-turn-or-equal\/it-s-the-structure-stupid.-where-is-german-development-cooperation-headed\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"It\u2019s the structure, stupid. Where is German Development Cooperation headed?\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/germany-turn-or-equal\/it-s-the-structure-stupid.-where-is-german-development-cooperation-headed\/\">It\u2019s the structure, stupid. Where is German Development Cooperation headed?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Daniel Brombacher<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t27 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tPolitics or policies? Debating the structural reform of German Development CooperationEmotions were running high in Germany when the reform of the German development cooperation system was once again fiercely debated in the weeks and months before&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/germany-turn-or-equal\/it-s-the-structure-stupid.-where-is-german-development-cooperation-headed\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"navigator\">\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany: Turn or Equal? 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