DT 19 / 2007

Iceland multiplies aid level. Aims to become top Nordic donor

Iceland is reforming the way it administers its aid policy, as part of a wider plan to become a more prominent aid donor in relative terms.

News December 12, 2007

Zoellick’s authority at stake in final IDA 15 round

The authority of the new World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick is at stake as donors meet in Berlin...

News December 12, 2007

Nordic Africa policies: think ‘outside the box’

The Nordic governments have again been reviewing their policies toward Africa. Swedish Africa scholar...

Opinion December 12, 2007

Finland first to finance Mekong hydro programme

Finland is the first donor to provide funding to the Mekong River Commission’s Hydropower Programme....

News December 12, 2007

Støre pushes budget support for Palestinians

Ahead of the Paris Donor Conference on December 17, Norway is urging donors to provide budget support...

News December 12, 2007

Sweden seeks to mainstream terrorism prevention in aid

The Swedish government is preparing to launch a new policy on aid and terrorism prevention. According...

News December 12, 2007

Upcoming changes in Icelandic aid policy

In a statement to the Icelandic Parliament, the Althing, last month, Foreign Minister Ingibjörg Sólrún...

News December 12, 2007

Swedish patience with Mekong commission runs thin

After almost three decades of support to the Mekong River Commission, Sweden has signalled that its patience...

News December 12, 2007

Nordics losing ground in World Bank

The Nordic donor block’s share of World Bank funding over the next three years will drop. But a sharp...

News December 12, 2007

Expensive solution for Danish Red Cross

Choosing to avoid a messy and possibly even more expensive ordeal, the Danish Red Cross decided on December...

News December 12, 2007

Arbitrary in Sida

The Swedish aid agency Sida has excluded two well-established NGOs in its first screening for framework...

Opinion Editorial December 12, 2007

Sida awaits proposal on Mozambique hydro

The Swedish aid agency Sida is considering to finance the rehabilitation of two ageing hydropower plants...

Business December 12, 2007

Norway mixed credit portfolio in Vietnam

During the fall Norway has signed three agreements with Vietnamese authorities about new mixed credit-financed...

Business December 12, 2007

Mozambique refund. DKK 240m in Danish aid unfrozen

The government of Mozambique has refunded USD 829,000 to Denmark following revelations of embezzlement...

Business December 12, 2007

Danida mega-contract to International Media Support

The Copenhagen-based international NGO International Media Support has been awarded a contract by Danida...

Business December 12, 2007

Norway facilitates for whistle blowers

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Oslo is implementing a number of measures to strengthen the administration...

Business December 12, 2007

Water supply in small towns in Vietnam

The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces a tender for a planning mission for the second phase...

Business December 12, 2007

Sida needs economists

Sida, in cooperation with the Swedish Work Environment Authority, wants to enter into framework agreements...

Business December 12, 2007

Three Nordic UNOPS contracts

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Copenhagen has awarded three contracts to Nordic...

Business December 12, 2007

Stoltenberg promises NOK 3 billion for forests

In the context of the Bali climate conference, Norway has made a dramatic announcement that it will provide...

Business December 12, 2007

Sida kicks 15 NGOs out of funding race

Dramatic aid cuts in Finland and Denmark, rumours about tremendous increases in the use of aid funds...

News December 12, 2007

DT 19 / 2007

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