DT 19 / 2005

Auditor General’s report leads to NOK 60m cut in Tanzania aid

The annual report from the Norwegian Auditor General reveals that Norway is cutting NOK 60 million in aid for primary education in Tanzania this year due to insufficient financial reporting. The report launches serious criticism and doubts about reporting related to budget and sector support.

News December 06, 2005

More oil money to pakistan

Norway has announced its third extra-budgetary humanitarian allocation of 2006 - NOK 260 million for...

News December 06, 2005

MSF diverts EUR 21m in tsunami funds to Pakistan earthquake

Médicins Sans Frontières is using almost 60 per cent of the funds it collected world-wide following...

News December 06, 2005

Former Minister painted rosy picture of Tanzania

When the former Development Minister Hilde Frafjord Johnson presented her last aid budget to the Parliament...

News December 06, 2005

Finnish Ministry to scrutinise grant to forest institute EFI

The Finnish Foreign Ministry is currently looking at whether a grant issued to the Joensuu-based European...

News December 06, 2005

Danes, Swedes set different course in Afghanistan

Sida is generally positive about the evaluation of five donors’ post-Taliban aid to Afghanistan, carried...

News December 06, 2005

Erik Solheim, new Minister: ‘Don’t fool yourself. Aid is politics’

From being an active, but mainstream country in aid, Norway has suddenly become the OECD’s most radical...

News December 06, 2005

Norway concerned about political developments in Uganda

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a thinly veiled threat to Uganda in connection with...

News December 06, 2005

Save the Children Finland joins framework club

Save the Children Finland has become the tenth Finnish NGO to enter into a framework partnership with...

News December 06, 2005

Danish NGOs divided over new self-financing rule

Danish framework NGOs are divided over the Danish government’s decision that state-financed development...

News December 06, 2005

The end of mixed credits

Finland has changed its rules for tied mixed credits following a serious corruption scandal in Costa...

Opinion Editorial December 06, 2005

Eurojust meets to discuss oil-for-food investigation

A Swedish prosecutor says Eurojust, the EU body established to fight serious cross-border crime, is in...

Business December 06, 2005

Finnconsult questions SGS’ conclusions

The conclusions of the Swiss firm SGS concerning corruption in mixed credits are not shared by the Finnish-Danish...

Business December 06, 2005

Supporting the UN appeal in Pakistan

Last month Development Today reported that some of the UN’s staunchest supporters among donor countries...

Opinion December 06, 2005

Finland takes a cue from Costa Rica corruption scandal

As a result of a corruption scandal involving a Finnish concessional loan that rocked Costa Rica, the...

Business December 06, 2005

NIRAS competition: essay on “global knowledge society”

In 2006, the Danish consultancy NIRAS will celebrate its 50th birthday. To mark the occasion, the company announces an international competition to write an essay on the topic: “A future global knowledge society - what is it really?"

Business December 06, 2005

Worldview International still owes NORAD NOK 1.3 million

According to the Norwegian Auditor General, Worldview International Foundation (WIF), an aid financed...

Business December 06, 2005

Norway, Sweden support Palestinian power project

Norway and Sweden have provided funding to the Palestinian Authority towards the purchase of equipment...

Business December 06, 2005

Sida feasibility study for Uganda transmission line

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is financing a feasibility study for...

Business December 06, 2005

Sweden funds Iraq reconstruction facility

The Swedish government has decided to contribute SEK 16.6 million to the UN Development Programme (UNDP)...

Business December 06, 2005

Finnish study: stronger role for women, less corruption

Finland has topped the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index for many years and sees anti-corruption work as something of a “niche".

Business December 06, 2005

A policy of bits and pieces

There is no apparent rhyme or reason to the way the Finnish Foreign Ministry allocates aid funds to international...

News December 06, 2005

DT 19 / 2005

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