DT 9 / 2005

International Land Coalition refuses to endorse de Soto commission

The Rome-based International Land Coalition refuses to endorse Norway’s proposed commission on the rights of the poor. ILC calls the appointment of Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto as co-chair a “conflict of interest".

News June 20, 2005

Supreme Court to rule on charges against former Education Minister

The Supreme Court in Mozambique is to decide on charges against former Minister of Education Alcido Nguenha...

News June 20, 2005

Norway’s State Secretary defends land commission process

Norwegian State Secretary Leiv Lunde rejects the criticism surrounding the process of establishing the...

News June 20, 2005

Danes turn up heat in dispute with Kenya over land rights activists

Danish Development Minister Ulla Tørnæs has made it clear that the Danish government will not accept...

News June 20, 2007

Global AIDS Fund wants more Norwegian money

The Global Fund’s Executive Director Richard Feachem has asked Norway to double its support to the...

News June 20, 2005

DAC peer review gives Sweden top marks

Swedish Development Minister Carin Jämtin and her Secretary of State Annika Söder went home happy from...

News June 20, 2005

Support for rural electrification in Kenya

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs announces a call for tenders for a programme to support the...

Business June 20, 2005

Swedish poll registers upswing in aid support

Swedes appear to have become much more generous in the past year. According to a poll by Statistics Sweden,...

News June 20, 2005

Evaluation of water, health programme in Tanzania

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) wishes to evaluate its health, sanitation...

Business June 20, 2005

Minister appoints party colleague as Norfund Chair

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made major changes in the Board of the risk capital fund...

Business June 20, 2005

A warning to Nordic admirers of de Soto’s blueprint

This fall, Norway and the Nordic countries will launch a High-level Commission on Legal Empowerment of...

Opinion June 20, 2005

Tørnæs calls for review of Danish PSD programme

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made major changes in the Board

Business June 20, 2005

Government to review pricing rules for state agencies working in aid

The Swedish government will review whether current pricing rules for Swedish state agencies working abroad...

Business June 20, 2005

New ceiling bars IFU investments in Thailand, S Africa, Brazil

In a surprise move, the Danish government has limited the number of countries of operation of the Industrialization...

Business June 20, 2005

Agricultural Advisor in Iraq

AGRICULTURAL ADVISOR IN IRAQ: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen confirms to Development Today...

Business June 20, 2005

Sida confirms private consultants’ ‘important role’

In response to concerns raised by private consultancies about state agencies’ expanding aid-financed activity, Sida’s Lennart Nordström insists that firms will continue to play an “extremely important role".

Business June 20, 2005

Report warns Swedish firms of chaotic planning in Sri Lanka

In a report commissioned by the Swedish Foreign Ministry and the Swedish Trade Council on post-tsunami...

Business June 20, 2005

Swedish delegation to survey post-tsunami opportunity

The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Swedish Trade Council are sending a delegation to Indonesia...

Business June 20, 2005

Smart move on Danish IFU

Denmark has a tradition of being in the lead among the Nordics when it comes to risk capital investments...

Opinion Editorial June 20, 2005

FATF cancels planned draconian NGO rules

Swedish development NGOs that protested proposed measures from the Justice Ministry for monitoring the...

News June 20, 2005

Burmese exiles launch satellite TV from Oslo

People in Burma with access to a satellite dish can now view uncensored television programming produced...

News June 20, 2005

DT 9 / 2005

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