Law and Governance of Development Cooperation
Development cooperation illustrates - like hardly any other field – the problems and normative challenges of global cooperation. For some, it represents a key element of global governance and an imperative of solidarity. For others, it embodies an instrument of the hegemonic power of the global north. But whatever one’s assessment, surely development cooperation is a central field of global governance and one that is undergoing a profound transformation and increasingly regulated by law. This is the starting point of our research. We study whether and how legal rules govern development interventions – and thereby wish to contribute to the juridification and ultimately better transparency and accountability in this central field in global politics. Our research focuses on the institutional law of development agencies, such as World Bank, United Nations, the EU and the Federal Republic of Germany.
Related Events:
- 2019: Annual Conference of the Law and Development Research Network, further information here.
- 2018: Annual Conference of the ‘Law and Development Institute’
- 2014: 10. Global Administrative Law Seminar ‘Law and Global Governance of Development’ in Viterbo
- 2013: Conference on „Innovation in Governance of Development Finance“ at NYU School of Law, organised in cooperation with professors David snf Kingsbury. For the programme click hier. or the conference report, click hier.