Quote:
Development cooperation means helping people to help themselves. It is value-oriented, but it is also interest-driven. I never made a secret of it. Development cooperation does not have to be harmful to German companies.
Source:
FAZ (Manfred Schäfers, 20.11.2009): Entwicklungshilfe muss sich nicht überflüssig machen.
Author Bio:
Dirk-Ekkehard Niebel (born in 1963) is a former German politician (FDP). He was Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development from 2009 to 2013. He has been working as a consultant for the weapons and automotive supplier Rheinmetall since 2015.
Context:

Further Reading:
*FIAN International (2019): Human Rights violations in the context of Kaweri coffee Plantation/Neumann Kaffee Gruppe in Mubende/Uganda.
Year:
2009