Beitrag vom 22.10.2010

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

22-Oct-2010
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DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION DIRECTORATE
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE

Peer Review

REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES OF GERMANY

13 October 2010

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1.4 Communicating and building public awareness and accountability
22. Public awareness of and support for aid and development are rising in Germany. The
Eurobarometer (EC, 2009a) report shows that 46% of the German public consider development aid to be "very important” (similar to the UK and above the EU average of 39%) and an additional 43% rate it as "important”.
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The economic downturn is increasing pressure on the aid programme and there is already a significant body of aid sceptics in Germany. This view was reflected in the 2008 Bonner Aufruf (Public Appeal from Bonn) which argues that official aid has failed and should be replaced by a new development policy focused on rewarding and supporting better governance in poor countries.

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"Bonner Aufruf” (Public Appeal from Bonn) (2008), A Different Policy for Development, Bonn, available at www.bonner-aufruf.eu/