DT 2 / 2005

Kofi Annan virtually excludes Frafjord Johnson

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has announced criteria for selecting the new Administrator of UNDP. Contrary to optimistic predictions in the Norwegian press, these virtually exclude the Norwegian Development Minister Hilde Frafjord Johnson as a candidate.

News February 14, 2005

Naming and shaming EU states

The three NGOs Action Aid, Eurodad and Oxfam have launched a crushing report that concludes the European...

News February 14, 2005

Without new funds, Africa could pay for Finnish generosity in tsunami

Within the first two weeks of January, Finland allocated EUR 20 million, one-third of its entire humanitarian...

News February 14, 2005

New Red Cross tsunami coordinator

The Swede Johan Schaar has taken up the position of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red...

News February 14, 2005

Uneven Nordic aid markets

In just one year, the Danish aid administration appears to have turned its consultancy market upside...

Opinion Editorial February 14, 2005

Right Livelihood nears decision to leave Sweden

The Right Livelihood Foundation was given no positive indication that it would be granted tax-exempt...

News February 14, 2005

Remembering Kosovo, Denmark’s ‘grand political gesture’

An unusually strongly worded evaluation of Danish aid to Kosovo criticises two top priorities of the...

News February 14, 2005

Direct purchase of consultants still favoured by Sida staff

A Development Today analysis of Swedish aid procurement statistics for 2004 shows that in two-thirds...

Business February 14, 2005

The cost of not funding reproductive health

Ten years after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, AIDS, pregnancy,...

Opinion February 14, 2005

Norplan assigned to find new turbines for Kiambere

The Kiambere Power Station is the second largest hydropower station in what is often called the Seven Forks hydropower scheme, situated on the lower part of Kenya's largest river, Tana River. The system includes five hydropower stations in a cascade, with Kiambere at the lower end, and Masinga Dam as the upstream reservoir. NORPLAN is presently carrying out a study for raising the Masinga Dam.

Business February 14, 2005

Tsunami-related contracts for NOREPS firms worth NOK 50 million

Norwegian suppliers in the so-called NOREPS system have been awarded contracts worth over NOK 50 million...

Business February 14, 2005

Finally, go-ahead for Purac’s mixed credit project in China

Complications related to the loan agreement have further delayed the first Norwegian untied mixed credit,...

Business February 14, 2005

Evaluation of Sida’s support to health sector

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) plans to undertake an evaluation of its...

Business February 14, 2005

Kenya roads project: expressions of interest

The Kenyan Ministry of Roads and Public Works plans to undertake a road improvement and maintenance programme...

Business February 14, 2005

Nera deal in Ethiopia

The Norwegian telecommunication firm Nera located outside of Bergen has signed a contract of worth approximately...

Business February 14, 2005

Gates, GAVI and the Norwegian spin doctors

When the Gates Foundation recently announced a new USD 750 million grant to GAVI over ten years, the...

News February 14, 2005

Eva Joly to review anti-corruption policies of multilateral banks

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested the renowned corruption fighter Eva Joly to examine...

News February 14, 2005

DT 2 / 2005

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