Development Policy in Reunified Germany Between 1990 and 2021

The focus is on the analysis of the first 31 years of German state development policy after the end of the East-West confrontation and the reunification of Germany. From a contemporary historical perspective, global political changes and the transformation processes of the ministerial self-understanding are evaluated. In addition, key interfaces to other policy areas, such as security policy after 11 September 2001, and the global role of binding development goals such as the MDGs up to the SDGs and the global changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are in focus.