The European Investment Bank (EIB) not only is the bank of the European Union (EU), it also is the world's largest multilateral lender. Hitherto rarely at the centre of public attention, the ongoing negotiations on the next EU budget round, the Multiannual Financial Framework (2021-2027) (MFF),...

Seit 2016 ist Deutschland nach den Vereinigten Staaten der zweitgrößte Beitragszahler zum Entwicklungssystem der Vereinten Nationen (UNDS). Der größte Anstieg der deutschen Mittel entfällt auf zweckgebundene Beiträge, d.h. auf Mittel mit vorab festgelegten geographischen und thematischen...

Earmarking financial contributions for specific geographic, thematic or other priorities has emerged as an important modality for funding multilateral development organisations. Earmarking has had positive consequences, such as the mobilisation of resources for multilateral organisations and new...

Climate change, migration flows, security - growing challenges like these are calling for new responses from EU development policy. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 will in itself require additional financial resources of up to USD 2.5 trillion every year in middle- and...