DT 21-22 / 2006

A new course for Swedish aid

After almost three months in office, her first visits to Tanzania and Zambia and initial meetings with colleagues in other donors countries, Sweden’s new Development Minister Gunilla Carlsson is both impressed with the commitment of her field staff and certain that the direction of Swedish aid needs to change.

Opinion December 31, 2006

As global funds expand, UN agencies ‘missing the boat’

In 2007, Norway will be on the Boards of three main global health initiatives: the vaccine alliance GAVI,...

News December 31, 2006

Sida must defend its performance in coming months

The powerful Swedish aid agency Sida is up for scrutiny. The new government has given Sida several deadlines...

News December 31, 2006

Denmark, the pioneering donor that was

A new evaluation of the DKK 5 billion in Danish aid given to Uganda over the past two decades praises...

News December 31, 2006

Finnchurchaid focuses on women war victims in DRC

Excluding half of the participants from any process kills the process itself. Yet this is precisely what...

News December 31, 2006

50% of tsunami funds spent by Red Cross so far

In the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, the Red Cross movement collected the equivalent...

News December 31, 2006

NGOs demand higher standards in Nordic ECAs

Swedish and Finnish NGOs are calling for comprehensive reforms in the mandates of the four Nordic export...

News December 31, 2006

Private sector dilemma

The consultant Claes Lindahl has proposed scrapping Sweden’s faltering toolbox for private sector engagement...

Opinion Editorial December 31, 2006

Cambodian NGOs keep up pressure on Nordics

The two Nordic donors, Sweden and Norway, that financed a major hydropower planning exercise in Vietnam...

News December 31, 2006

Swedish credits and guarantees: a brief history

Credits have lost ground as an aid tool internationally because of the debt burden of developing countries....

Business December 31, 2006

Finnish Ministry consultancy contracts in 2006

In the tug of war between untying aid procurement and favouring national consultancy firms, the Finnish...

Business December 31, 2006

Report: New toolbox for Swedish exporters in aid

A new report proposes to close down the Swedish mixed credits and soft loans facilities and establish a new “formally untied" and more flexible scheme. It states that Sida should subsidise guarantee premiums. Another suggestion is market guarantees and innovative loans for new techniques and products relevant for poverty eradication and climate change. Sida should outsource many tasks to Swedfund and the export credit agency, EKN.

Business December 31, 2006

DT 21-22 / 2006

A new course for Swedish aid

As global funds expand, UN agencies ‘missing the boat’

Sida must defend its performance in coming months

Denmark, the pioneering donor that was

Finnchurchaid focuses on women war victims in DRC

50% of tsunami funds spent by Red Cross so far

NGOs demand higher standards in Nordic ECAs

Private sector dilemma

Cambodian NGOs keep up pressure on Nordics

Swedish credits and guarantees: a brief history

Finnish Ministry consultancy contracts in 2006

Report: New toolbox for Swedish exporters in aid

Sida plans 5-year extension in Pungwe River

Transmission hardware wanted in Mozambique

TANROADS receives Danida grant for Chalinze-Tanga

Development Today 15-year anniversary

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