New German development strategy ties aid to economic partnerships
Reem Alabali Radovan, German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, speaks during the conference on the reorientation of development policy.Credit: Michael Kappeler/dpa
Germany is set to tie development aid more closely to economic partnerships, under a new strategy set out by Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan in Berlin on Tuesday.
"Germany needs partners in the Global South," said Alabali Radovan. "Especially when it comes to cobalt or copper, there is no way around the Global South."
Without the key raw materials, there would be neither digitalization nor an energy transition in Germany, the minister warned.
The development strategy envisages developing specific initiatives and projects together with companies and associations, and i...