APP Chair Kofi Annan discusses Germany's development cooperation

In early September, APP Chair Kofi Annan and APP Executive Director Michael Keating met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and several members of her cabinet to discuss the future of Germany’s development cooperation. At a subsequent working lunch Mo Ibrahim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, David Lane, Jeff Lamb and other prominent development practitioners joined the discussions. Mr. Annan also met separately with Germany’s Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dirk Niebel to discuss Germany’s continued support for the APP. The visit came just before Chancellor Merkel presented Germany’s new MDG strategy at the Review Summit in New York