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German development cooperation is pursuing the objective of reducing negative social and environmental effects in global (textile) supply chains and thus, in the long term, contributing to designing them more sustainably. This evaluation examines, in particular, the interaction between various development cooperation instruments and measures to promote sustainable global supply chains in the textile sector.

• Executive Summary (PDF, 780 KB)
• Deutsche Zusammenfassung (PDF, 662 KB)
• To the BMZ response

• Heucher, A., J. Ihl, M. Kiefer, M. Kaplan, S. Schimko and K. Wolf (2023), The Promotion of Sustainable Supply Chains through German Development Cooperation Based on the Example of the Textile Sector, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.

Russia launched its war of aggression against Ukraine in February 2022. Global prices for energy and foodstuffs rose in part dramatically. Against this backdrop, the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) has explored three questions based on a representative
survey conducted by the Development Engagement Lab (DEL) in October 2022:
1. How does public perception of the state of the German economy correlate with approval for DC?
2. What attitudes do people have towards various development policy measures in response to the war against Ukraine?
3. How does agreement to such measures differ according to individualsʼ political orientation and assessment of the general state of the economy, and their own, personal economic situation and income?

• Zille, H., A. Gödderz, S. H. Schneider and M. Bruder (2023), Attitudes towards Development Policy in the Context of the War against Ukraine, DEval Policy Brief 9/2023, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.

Im Februar 2022 begann Russland seinen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine. In der Folge sind die Weltmarktpreise für Energie und Lebensmittel teils drastisch gestiegen. Vor diesem Hintergrund hat das Deutsche Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval) auf der Basis einer repräsentativen Umfrage des Development Engagement Labs
(DEL) aus dem Oktober 2022 drei Fragen untersucht:
1. Wie hängen die Wahrnehmung der wirtschaftlichen Lage Deutschlands und die Zustimmung zur Entwicklungszusammenarbeit zusammen?
2. Welche Einstellungen hat die Bevölkerung zu verschiedenen entwicklungspolitischen Maßnahmen in Reaktion auf den Krieg gegen die Ukraine?
3. Wie unterscheidet sich die Zustimmung zu den Maßnahmen in Abhängigkeit von politischer Orientierung, Einschätzung der allgemeinen und persönlichen wirtschaftlichen Lage und Einkommen?

• Zille, H., A. Gödderz, S. H. Schneider und M. Bruder (2023), Entwicklungspolitische Einstellungen im Kontext des Krieges gegen die Ukraine, DEval Policy Brief 9/2023, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn.

The cross-organisational meta-evaluation examines project evaluations of eleven governmental and non-governmental organisations in Germany that were (co-)funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). This meta-evaluation analyses their understanding of quality in evaluations and their application of internationally recognised quality standards, especially the OECD-DAC and DeGEval standards. It also analyses factors linked to the application of the quality standards.

• Executive Summary (PDF, 2.23 MB)
• To the BMZ response

• Guffler, K., L. Kunert, M. Wittenberg and N. Herforth (2022), Meta-evaluation on the Quality of (Project)Evaluations in German Development Cooperation, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.

Bridging the gap between humanitarian assistance and development cooperation has been a contentious issue in academia and development practice for decades. Drawing on an evaluation of Germany’s ‘Partnership for Prospects’ initiative, this paper argues that, whilst the supplement of ‘peacebuilding’ to the nexus (humanitarian–development–peacebuilding [HDP] nexus) brought an important context factor into the discussion in an environment of conflict, it is only of marginal help in a context of forced migration to neighbouring countries of a given conflict. For the context of host countries of refugees in a protracted crisis, it is more relevant that host countries show ownership and reliability in their policies to create long-term perspectives for refugees. These policies in turn need to be embedded in reliable rules (polity) and negotiation processes (politics) in host countries. Consequently, the paper suggests that a ‘HD–Triple-P’ nexus would take the necessary political dimension into account more adequately. However, it might also mark the boundary as to what development politics can achieve.

• Leiderer, S., Roxin, H. (2023). Forced migration, aid effectiveness, and the humanitarian–development nexus, UNU-WIDER Working Paper 2023/69

In December 2021, the new German federal government announced a feminist foreign policy in its coalition agreement. This concept aims at strengthening the rights, representation and resources of women and marginalised groups, and at fostering the recognition of diversity. In the same vein, Germany’s Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) announced its plans to pursue a feminist development policy. While the German government considered this an innovation and a timely contribution to global gender equality, criticism emerged instantly, for example, by the party whip of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) faction, Friedrich Merz, in the Bundestag.

Turning to feminist development policy specifically, opinion polls indicate that the general public, on average, has a sceptical perception of this concept. What remains unclear is who supports a feminist development policy.Against this backdrop, we analyse survey data from January 2023 to find out what role political orientation, gender and awareness of the concept play in explaining public support for Germany’s feminist development policy.

• Schneider, S. H., Gödderz, A., Zille, H., Sassenhagen, N. (2023): Who supports feminist development policy? Evidence from Germany, in: European Journal of Politics and Gender (early view) https://doi.org/10.1332/251510821X16877942994234