Max-Otto Baumann

Senior Researcher at German Development Institute

Max-Otto Baumann is a senior research for the German Development Institute, a federally-financed think tank based in Bonn. His work focuses on institutional and political aspects of UN development cooperation.

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Reform of the UN Development System Cries Out for Higher Goals

Max-Otto Baumann

• December 8, 2021

The reform of the United Nations development system has been a key project of Secretary-General António Guterres’s first term. Bold changes were planned to reposition the system to meet the needs of the 2030 Agenda — the Sustainable Development Goals. With most reforms carried out by now, and six years into the 2030 Agenda, …

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Can the UN Finally Get Serious About Inefficiencies in Its Development System?

Max-Otto Baumann

• April 25, 2018

BONN, Germany — Member states of the United Nations are now negotiating reform proposals for the world body’s development system. In the latest draft resolution, they welcome the secretary-general’s proposal for “advancing common business operations” and “request” for their “implementation,” in line with earlier decisions by the General Assembly (a previous draft requested “full implementation”). …