DT 8 / 2005

Test case Tanzania. Donors cut strings, pledge tighter control of funds

Once again, Tanzania has become a testing ground for a new donor aid policy. This time, the East African country will be the role model for the Paris declaration on aid effectiveness.

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Swedish NGOs: terrorism surveillance system curtails civil rights

Swedish development NGOs are up in arms over a proposal from the Ministry of Justice for far-reaching...

News May 30, 2005

Denmark works to break deadlock with Kenya

In spite of weeks of diplomatic effort by the Danish Foreign Ministry, Kenya’s refusal to extend working...

News April 30, 2005

Norway props up Khartoum, prepares for cuts in Uganda support

In the revised aid budget presented in May, Norway announces an increase in assistance to Sudan with...

News May 30, 2005

Right Livelihood gains permanent charitable status in Sweden

The Swedish government has taken the formal decision to propose to Parliament the inclusion of the Right...

News May 29, 2005

Major evaluation to examine NGO tsunami ‘spending trap’

A major aid evaluation to be carried out jointly by donors, UN agencies, NGOs and the Red Cross will...

News May 30, 2005

Coordinated effort to review early tsunami efforts

“How do we handle the unusual situation of apparently having too much money?" This, according to Niels Dabelstein, Head of Danida’s Evaluation Secretariat, is a key question to be answered by the tsunami evaluation

News May 30, 2005

New ambitious EU aid goal. Little cause to celebrate

While the EU Development Ministers’ recent announcement of dramatically increased aid targets for 2010...

News May 30, 2005

Lehtomäki launches network on food security

Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paula Lehtomäki wants to increase the emphasis on...

News May 29, 2005

Losing sight of constituencies

The donors are once again testing out new theories about foreign aid in Tanzania. Growing trust in the...

Opinion Editorial May 30, 2005

Albright, de Soto to lead land commission

The former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and the Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto have...

News May 30, 2005

MSF chief in Sudan arrested on spy charge

The Head of the Sudan Mission of the humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Paul Foreman has been arrested. Foreman is charged by Khartoum with “crimes against the state". MSF reports it is being accused of publishing false reports, undermining society in Sudan and spying. Foreman was released on bail Monday evening, but was not permitted to leave the country.

News May 30, 2005

DT 8 / 2005

Test case Tanzania. Donors cut strings, pledge tighter control of funds

Jobs Market

Swedish NGOs: terrorism surveillance system curtails civil rights

Denmark works to break deadlock with Kenya

Norway props up Khartoum, prepares for cuts in Uganda support

Right Livelihood gains permanent charitable status in Sweden

Major evaluation to examine NGO tsunami ‘spending trap’

Coordinated effort to review early tsunami efforts

New ambitious EU aid goal. Little cause to celebrate

Lehtomäki launches network on food security

Losing sight of constituencies

Albright, de Soto to lead land commission

MSF chief in Sudan arrested on spy charge

The World Bank as a US foreign policy tool

UNITEAM aspires to join exclusive NOREPS club

HCG takes 25% of Finnish aid consultancy market in 2004

Ground-breaking Nordic water aid to Burkina Faso

Finnish Ministry introduces model for publicising tenders

Danish PSD under fire from media and politicians

Burmese exiles launch satellite TV from Oslo

TANESCO plans upgrade of Hale Dam in Pangani basin

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