DT 7 / 2004

Private donors hesitate to support Vaccine Fund

The Vaccine Fund has started discussions with the Gates Foundation, its main source of funding, about...

News May 07, 2004

Heavy ‘bilateralisation’ in Norwegian humanitarian aid thru NGOs

Development Today’s review of Norwegian humanitarian aid statistics indicates a heavy degree of so-called “bilateralisation" in Norwegian emergency assistance.

News May 07, 2004

Norway aims to keep No. 1 spot on DAC donor list

The Norwegian government presented its new white paper on development policy last week. The paper integrates...

News May 07, 2004

Swedish Police drop investigation of Skanska

The investigation into possible bribes given by an employee of the Swedish construction company Skanska...

News May 07, 2004

Unexpected drop in Danish aid level last year

In 2003, Denmark recorded a dramatic drop in development aid. The decrease comes on top of the DKK 1.5...

News May 07, 2004

Chicken saga turns into political headache for Minister Møller

An innocuous revolving fund project for chicken raising in Malawi has turned into a political headache...

News May 07, 2004

Reproductive health funding drops by 36%

Global financial resources for population and reproductive health programmes in developing countries...

News May 07, 2004

Evaluation pinpoints Ministry’s failure to control CESAR

An evaluation of the CESAR foundation’s activities in the Middle East is critical of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry. The Ministry has limited capacity to appraise project proposals and has allowed CESAR to end up in the “driver’s seat" of a complex political process, the report says.

News May 07, 2004

In Brief

News May 07, 2004

Caught in the poverty trap?

When the UN Development Programme published its annual Report on Human Development 2003, some had good...

Opinion May 07, 2004

IFU as prey

The Danish Industrialisation Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) has been a formidable success story....

Opinion Editorial May 07, 2004

Withdrawal of capital increases pressure on Danish investment funds

The Danish investment funds have had to reduce staff and introduce more restrictive investment criteria...

Business May 07, 2004

First Danish Iraq reconstruction contract goes to COWI

COWI has been awarded a DKK 13 million contract by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a transport...

Business May 07, 2004

Gaza water and sanitation project tender

The Finnish Foreign Ministry announces a tender for the West Bank and Gaza Water and Sanitation Project,...

Business May 07, 2004

2004 already looks brighter for Carl Bro

Since the beginning of 2004, the Danish consultancy firm Carl Bro has already won three contracts with...

Business May 07, 2004

Makambako sub-station expansion in Tanzania

Business May 07, 2004

Experts recruited to boost Sida’s PR

Sida is reaching out to seasoned lobbyists to boost the aid agency’s image and improve its communication...

News May 07, 2004

DFID Central Asia regional HIV/AIDS programme

The British Department for International Development (DFID) invites expressions of interest for the Central...

Business May 07, 2004