Overview
- Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan presented a plan to focus limited resources on the least developed countries and on combating hunger and poverty.
- Work with emerging economies will primarily use repayable financing rather than budget-funded grants.
- Priority regions include the European neighborhood, the Middle East and North Africa, the Sahel, and the Horn of Africa, with an emphasis on stabilization and reconstruction.
- The ministry promotes partnerships of equals and intends to ensure procurement in development projects gives fair access to German and European firms.
- Further savings are anticipated in the 2027 federal budget, and the new approach is intended to achieve greater impact with fewer funds.