DT 18 / 2006

Denmark ignores OECD warning on use of aid as export subsidy

Denmark will continue to use aid as export subsidises to its companies selling capital goods to poor countries financed by so-called tied mixed credits. An article published in Development Today earlier this year revealing the Danish practice caused several donor countries to voice their concerns to the OECD headquarters in Paris. In a sharp letter to the Danes, the Chair of the OECD/DAC says this is a violation of a donor agreement from 2001 that abolishes this practice.

News November 20, 2006

Danish Development Minister welcomes new Swedish colleague

With the recent change in government in Sweden, Denmark may well now have a closer political ally in...

News November 20, 2006

‘Mixed mandates’ of NGOs, OCHA threaten humanitarian neutrality

The majority of humanitarian organisations are unable to maintain neutrality in the post-9/11 world....

News November 20, 2006

Prime Minister Stoltenberg will push forward UN reform

When the UN Secretary General’s Panel for UN reform gathered in Oslo in late August, UN Deputy Secretary...

News November 20, 2006

One UN at country level, UNDP to coordinate at headquarters

News November 20, 2006

Finnish NGO umbrella considers geographical shift towards Asia

The Finnish umbrella organisation KEPA, which represents 260 Finnish development NGOs, is considering...

News November 20, 2006

Danish government holds 0.8% of GNI aid ratio

For the sixth year in a row the Danish finance bill has been passed in late-night negotiations between...

News November 20, 2006

Denmark, ‘honest broker’ in Nepal

When the Nepalese government and Maoist rebels struck a peace deal on November 7 ending ten years of...

News November 20, 2006

Market Update

Business November 20, 2006

In Brief

News November 20, 2006

The UN system: delivering as one

The High Level Panel on UN reform calls for UN agencies to work as coherent country teams on issues ranging...

Opinion November 20, 2006

Dozen Swedish company executives may face oil-for-food prosecution

Christer van der Kwast, Chief Public Prosecutor at the Swedish National Anti-Corruption Unit, is one...

Business November 20, 2006

Swedish land agency’s lobbying in Hanoi fails to yield results

Repeated efforts by the Swedish National Land Survey (NLS) to secure Sida grant funding for work in Vietnam’s...

Business November 20, 2006

GIEK’s guarantee frame expanded from NOK 1.5b to NOK 2.1b

GIEK has been granted an extended frame for its special guarantee scheme for developing countries. Though...

Business November 20, 2006

British firm Infoterra secures Sida land contract in Vietnam

The Swedish Embassy in Hanoi has recently completed the tender process for the first phase in a major...

Business November 20, 2006

Norway and China in Africa

Opinion Editorial November 20, 2006

Donors complacent about water crisis

According to the latest Human Development Report,

News November 20, 2006

Norway proceeds with hydropower aid in Vietnam

Business November 20, 2006

DT 18 / 2006

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