DT 19 / 2006

Norway distances itself from de Soto, pushes for own priorities

The Red/Green government in Norway inherited from the previous administration a close relationship with...

News December 06, 2006

New government takes flak for debt relief accounting

The new Swedish government will use a different means of accounting debt relief in the aid budget for...

News December 06, 2006

‘No conflict of interest’ in Mekong study

Responding to questions raised in

News December 06, 2006

Nordic Plus puts focus on Bretton Woods

When the Norwegian government hosted a conference on the Bretton Woods institutions’ conditionality,...

News December 06, 2006

In Brief

News December 06, 2006

Market Update

Business December 06, 2006

Humanitarian aid still skewed, in spite of reforms

The Good Humanitarian Donorship agenda is making headway on improving humanitarian response. But the...

Opinion December 06, 2006

Freeze in Swedish NGO budget, Sida warns organisations

Based on signals from the new Swedish government about a freeze in the budget level for framework NGOs,...

News December 06, 2006

Norfund defends tax haven investments, points to IFC standard

The Norwegian aid-financed risk capital fund Norfund has come under scrutiny for registering the management...

Business December 06, 2006

New Norwegian anti-corruption policy to focus on tax havens

Fighting tax havens is at the top of the agenda in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ new anti-corruption...

Business December 06, 2006

IFC: ‘offshore financial centres necessary structures’

Funds organised in so-called “offshore financial centers” (OFCs) are necessary for the efficient...

Business December 06, 2006

Danish Minister to champion untied aid procurement in EU

Danish Development Minister Ulla Tørnæs has decided to fully untie the procurement of consultancy services...

Business December 06, 2006

Solheim wants full picture before he acts

Business December 06, 2006

A role in aid. Swedish corporations lean on new government

Major Swedish export corporations have urged the Swedish government to introduce measures that will increase...

Business December 06, 2006

Countering hidden subsidies: Kartverk vs. Swedesurvey

Business December 06, 2006

Public participation, the Danish way

The Danish Development Minister Ulla Tørnæs has faced a torrent of criticism from NGOs, opposition...

News December 06, 2006

After Egeland

Opinion Editorial December 06, 2006