The details of the fusion and reform of Germany’s aid organizations GTZ, DED, InWent, and KfW are still discussed, though there’s a draft on the table already. The new organization is due to begin work in January 2011. A lot of people fear that the new organization will favour larger financial projects over small ones. There is also fear that German industry lobbyists will edge their way into development plans and influence BMZ (German Federal Ministry for Development Cooperation) agenda in developing countries. What role will development assistance then have, I wonder? Some people say it has already become an instrument of “soft power”?
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