Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
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The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) is the federal government department responsible for formulating and implementing Germany’s development policy and international development cooperation programs.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T652926 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) Context triple: [German Foreign Office, cooperatesWith, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)]
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A.
Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations
The Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations is Germany’s official diplomatic representation to the UN, responsible for advancing German foreign policy and coordinating its participation in multilateral negotiations at UN headquarters.
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B.
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is a German federal government ministry responsible for shaping national economic policy while driving the country’s energy transition and climate protection strategy.
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C.
Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation
The Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation is a voluntary funding mechanism that supports development and capacity-building projects across Commonwealth member countries, particularly in areas such as governance, economic development, and institutional strengthening.
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D.
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is a German government ministry responsible for national policies on agriculture, food safety, rural development, and related environmental and consumer protection issues.
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E.
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is a German federal government ministry responsible for national policy, funding, and strategic planning in education, science, and research.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) Target entity description: The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) is the federal government department responsible for formulating and implementing Germany’s development policy and international development cooperation programs.
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A.
Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations
The Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations is Germany’s official diplomatic representation to the UN, responsible for advancing German foreign policy and coordinating its participation in multilateral negotiations at UN headquarters.
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B.
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is a German federal government ministry responsible for shaping national economic policy while driving the country’s energy transition and climate protection strategy.
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C.
Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation
The Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation is a voluntary funding mechanism that supports development and capacity-building projects across Commonwealth member countries, particularly in areas such as governance, economic development, and institutional strengthening.
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D.
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is a German government ministry responsible for national policies on agriculture, food safety, rural development, and related environmental and consumer protection issues.
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E.
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is a German federal government ministry responsible for national policy, funding, and strategic planning in education, science, and research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal ministry of Germany
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government department ⓘ |
| budget | federal budget of Germany (development cooperation chapter) ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
European Union development institutions
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OECD Development Co-operation Directorate ⓘ
surface form:
OECD Development Assistance Committee
United Nations development system ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations development organizations
World Bank Group ⓘ regional development banks ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith | other German federal ministries on development-related issues ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
climate and environmental policy in development cooperation
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development cooperation ⓘ development policy ⓘ economic development and employment promotion in partner countries ⓘ education and health in development cooperation ⓘ good governance and human rights in partner countries ⓘ humanitarian assistance (development-related) ⓘ international cooperation ⓘ poverty reduction ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Federal Government of Germany ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Berlin
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Bonn ⓘ |
| inception | 1961 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Germany
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surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
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| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
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Central European Time ⓘ |
| missionStatement | to reduce global poverty and promote sustainable, peaceful development ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
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| oversees |
German Agency for International Cooperation
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KfW Development Bank (development cooperation activities) ⓘ |
| partOf | Federal Government of Germany ⓘ |
| politicalLeaderTitle | Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (Germany)
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| responsibleFor |
German development policy
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bilateral development cooperation programs ⓘ development aid policy ⓘ international development cooperation of Germany ⓘ multilateral development cooperation programs ⓘ |
| sector | public administration ⓘ |
| shortName | BMZ ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Chancellor of Germany
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German Federal Cabinet ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Cabinet of Germany
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| typeOfAidManaged |
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Official Development Assistance of Germany
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| usesLanguage |
English
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German ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bmz.de ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) Description of subject: The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) is the federal government department responsible for formulating and implementing Germany’s development policy and international development cooperation programs.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
German Foreign Office
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cooperatesWith
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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
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Federal Government of Germany
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hasSubordinateUnit
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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
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this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
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nativeName
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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
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predecessor
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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (Germany)
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
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typeOfAidManaged
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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Official Development Assistance of Germany
German federal ministries
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include
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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
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this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
this entity surface form:
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
German Agency for International Cooperation
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supervisingAuthority
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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
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this entity surface form:
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
German Agency for International Cooperation
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implementsProgrammesFor
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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
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this entity surface form:
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
KfW Development Bank (development cooperation activities)
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primaryClient
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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
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subject surface form:
KfW Development Bank
this entity surface form:
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
KfW Development Bank (development cooperation activities)
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implementsProgrammesFor
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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
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subject surface form:
KfW Development Bank
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
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heads
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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
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this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development