DT 9 / 2004

Confusing dual structure of GAVI causing tension over funding

A report on the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization concludes that the structure of GAVI is...

News June 14, 2004

Danish aid consultancy market shrinks by 23%

Between 2001 and 2003, funds spent by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on aid consultancy contracts...

News June 14, 2004

GAVI alternative models

The CFAR report on merging the GAVI Secretariat with the Vaccine Fund concludes that the alliance must...

News June 14, 2004

Expanded UNHCR mandate proposed

An evaluation of the international response to internally displaced people in Angola proposes that UNHCR’s...

News June 14, 2004

Foreign Ministry takes over 16 embassies from Sida

News June 14, 2004

HIV/AIDS tops economists’ list

Control of HIV/AIDS should be given top priority by the global community, according to a panel of eight distinguished economists gathered under the rubric of the “Copenhagen Consensus".

News June 14, 2004

Trade reform essential for reducing global poverty

But trade liberalisation will not guarantee improved incomes for the majority of the world’s poorest...

Opinion June 14, 2004

The magic book-keepers

At its last meeting, the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in Paris took a big step backwards in...

Opinion Editorial June 14, 2004

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News June 14, 2004

NORAD rejects Bjørklund’s complaint over Yanji tender

The Norwegian aid agency NORAD has rejected a complaint from Bjørklund-Gruppen, a Norwegian firm that...

Business June 14, 2004

SNPI signs first deal for development of major hydro project

Statkraft NORFUND Power Invest (SNPI) has teamed up with the Australian energy company Pacific Hydro...

Business June 14, 2004

Two Swedish Baltic billion funds receive good marks

Two Swedish government funds for development and trade promotion in the Baltics, worth SEK 1 billion...

Business June 14, 2004

Mid-term review of Sida LAMP project in Tanzania

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is looking for three consultants to conduct...

Business June 14, 2004

Focus on small hydro in Uganda

In addition to Latin America, SNPI has been focusing on the investment possibilities on the African continent...

Business June 14, 2004

DKK 20m fails so far to tempt Danish companies

Corporate social responsibility has increasingly moved to the top of the international development scene...

Business June 14, 2004

Support to Namibian decentralisation

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs is supporting the Namibian Decentralisation Project (NDP), which...

Business June 14, 2004

Indufor becomes subsidiary of Savcor Group

The Finnish Mikkeli-based Savcor Group has gained a majority ownership in the Finnish consultancy company...

Business June 14, 2004

NIRAS buys up DEMEX, enters demining market

In an age where demilitarisation, post-conflict resolution and reconstruction, and - not least - responding...

Business June 14, 2004

Major Norplan- Norconsult hydropower study in Ethiopia

Norplan is the lead consultant in a joint venture with Norconsult and Lahmeyer International in a contract...

Business June 14, 2004

Yes to dams. No to agricultural subsidies.

In an internet game about development, Norwegian high school students argued that aid money was better...

News June 14, 2004