‘Sida respects NGOs’ independent role’

News May 26, 2004

“A lot of foreign NGOs are very surprised when they receive Swedish funding [for humanitarian work] because their own governments tie aid to domestic NGOs," says Eva Asplund, who heads Sida’s Department on NGOs, Humanitarian Aid and Conflict Management, to Development Today.

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