Contributions from the Column Facts and trends As Cancún approaches: Bundestag debate and new NGO campaign Ahead of the Cancún world trade talks: lots of issues still unsettled BMZ budget 2004 Basic education GTZ's annual report: income growth India plans Interview with Jürgen Wilhelm: 40 years of DED: "Our work will become more political" KfW annual report: lending commitments reduced Lesotho: Lahmeyer found guilty of corruption Cooperation with Namibia 8-9/2003   India plans to phase out all bilateral development cooperation links except those that exist with Germany, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Russia and the United States. In recent years, these donors have accounted for around two thirds of the development aid India receives. Money from the other 22 donors on today's list will be forgone in favour of easing the administrative burden on the Indian authorities. The donor countries will still be at liberty to cooperate with non-government agencies but, as state sources put it, they could also switch their development aid to other countries that need it more than India. Multilateral cooperation will continue unchanged. (ell)