DT 12 / 2007

Ties to funders compromise critical thinking

The first comprehensive evaluation of Norwegian development research commissioned by the Research Council of Norway calls for the “liberation" of researchers from policy makers as a way of fostering critical, independent thinking.

News September 05, 2007

Denmark awaits DKK 6m refund in misused aid funds

News September 05, 2007

Norway to cut in aid portfolio as Ethiopia kicks out diplomats

News September 05, 2007

Solheim wants empirical data on capital flight, tax havens

Norway will lead a task force that aims to give international prominence to the problem of tax havens....

News September 05, 2007

Ethiopia claims Norway undermines its security

Ethiopia claims that it had no other option than to ask Norway to reduce its number of diplomatic staff....

News September 05, 2007

Will Minister Väyrynen turn back the clock?

News September 05, 2007

Secret window for candidates

The Swedish government has initiated an open, merit-based recruitment process for a new head of Sida...

Opinion Editorial September 06, 2007

SN Power pulls out of Uganda

SN Power is pulling out of its four small-scale hydropower projects in Uganda because they do not fit...

Business September 05, 2007

HCG purchases SIPU, aims to build up ‘Nordic consulting house’

The Finnish development consultancy Helsinki Consulting Group (HCG) aims to create a Nordic consulting...

Business September 05, 2007

New Norwegian hydropower alliance takes shape

Ten Norwegian hydropower companies have joined forces to look into the possibility of joint investments...

Business September 05, 2007

Finnish consultants hope for a return to project aid

Finnish development consultants are heartened after a closed session discussion with the new Development...

Business September 05, 2007

Denmark to be silent partner in Mozambique

A Danish-Swedish co-financed rural electrification project in Sofala province of Mozambique is going...

Business September 05, 2007

Attention evaluators! Norad announces plans for 2008-9

The evaluation activities of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) have become very...

Business September 05, 2007

100 candidates compete for Sida top job

Three former ministers, two former state secretaries, two ambassadors and a dozen business leaders are...

News September 05, 2007

Study on forms of corruption in Albania

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) will commission a major study on corruption...

Business September 05, 2007

Finnish research competition

The Finnish Foreign Ministry has announced its annual Development Research Competition for 2007. The...

Business September 05, 2007