Development policy works

A world in transition

By adopting the 2030 Agenda in 2015, the United Nations laid down their vision for a more just and sustainable world. We are reaching the halfway mark in 2023 and the world is undergoing the most radical change ever. Development progress that has been achieved, for instance, in the field of hunger, poverty and inequality has been undone by the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequences of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine. The climate and biodiversity crisis doesn’t take a break and we still have a long way to go to achieve gender equality. The challenges are huge and concern the whole world – but in particular the countries of the Global South. This means that the tasks to be addressed by development policy are also growing. In the coming years, the German Fed eral Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) will be placing a special focus on the following four pri- orities, which it will address in cooperation with its partner countries, civil society and multilateral institutions to find an-swers to the most pressing challenges. The BMZ is thus making a contribution to getting the 2030 Agenda back on track.

1. Providing global health and bodily autonomy

2. Pushing back poverty, hunger and inequality

3. Forging ahead with the Just Transition

4. Embracing a feminist development policy ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LcfGsWTooo