German Development Aid: Origins, Motives and Future PerspectivesDietmar Rothermund

ASIEN – Nr. 116 (2010) pp. 103–13

The German state is heavily indebted. Should it continue to provide aid to developing countries? Some countries like China and India, which spend a great deal on aiding developing countries themselves, still receive millions of euros of German aid. A revision of German aid policy seems to be due. Moreover, there are several agencies administering German aid. The GTZ (Gesellschaft für technische Zusam- menarbeit, an agency for technical cooperation) is responsible for aid projects abroad. It has 13,000 employees, most of whom work abroad, while only 1,000 are based at its headquarters in Eschborn. In addition, there is inWent – Capacity Building International, Germany, an agency with 820 employees, 500 of whom work at its headquarters in Bonn. This body deals with training courses and seminars in Germany devoted to “capacity building” in developing countries…