Development cooperation encompasses the array of public and private efforts undertaken on concessional terms to promote economic, social and political progress in less developed nations. Traditionally ...

Read the 2022 Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) Survey Study here! Missed the discussion at the virtual launch? Read the summary of discussion here. And watch the video here. The 2022 Development ...

Please register for our online discussion on “Multilateral development cooperation in a competitive world” on Wednesday 29th November at 14.00-15.00 CET. European countries are rethinking their ...

6 March 2023 - The world faces multiple crises involving climate change, economic uncertainty, food shortages and the energy crisis. Development cooperation is crucial during these times of global ...

Germany is cutting its development aid budget. But since development policy is also part of national security, alongside diplomacy and defense, these budget cuts may cause problems. Germany's Ministry ...

This report is part of Strategic Japan, a CSIS Japan Chair initiative featuring analysis by Japan's leading foreign policy scholars on key regional and global challenges and the implications for the U ...

This paper was written in November 2024 prior to the inauguration of President Trump, and as such does not reflect or account for the changes that have occurred in the development space since then due ...

Explore the importance of water cooperation for managing resources across borders, promoting peace and sustainability.

Then-Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi inspects an apple orchard in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, part of a JICA Partnership Program, Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan At the ...

Japanese firms remain deeply committed to the U.S. market, which continues to be Japan’s most important investment destination. Recent high-profile announcements of Japanese investments in the U.S. by ...

Tokyo’s economic aid to Seoul laid the foundations of a new development model – but it had a dark side as well. The turning point in this deadlock came when the cabinet of Prime Minister Kishi ...