DT 3 / 2007

Transitional investments for Horn of Africa

The international community must move beyond short-term remedies to lasting solutions in support of marginalised people in the Horn of Africa. During his extended term as UN Envoy, former Norwegian PM Kjell Magne Bondevik calls for a bridge between emergency and development assistance.

Opinion March 06, 2007

Canadian report: Sida project contradicts Swedish dams guidelines

The Canadian NGO Probe International claims in a report to the Swedish Foreign Ministry that a Sida-financed...

News March 06, 2007

Eva Joly: Transparency's corruption index should highlight tax havens

Transparency International should revise its Corruption Perceptions Index to take into account tax havens, “one of the biggest problems the world faces today", says former French magistrate Eva Joly in an interview with Development Today.

News March 06, 2007

Norway aims for alliance with US in fight against tax havens

Norway’s Development Minister Erik Solheim says Tax Justice Network raises an important debate about...

News March 06, 2007

‘We were too well-funded’. Friis Bach reflects on Danish aid history

In a chapter for an upcoming volume on Danish post-WW II aid policy, DanChurchAid’s International Director...

News March 06, 2007

Harsh critique for out-going Finnish government

News March 06, 2007

Transparency replies: ‘index has its purpose and its limits’

“We stand by the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). It has its purpose and its limits," says Robin Hodess, Director of Policy and Research at Transparency International (TI) to Development Today in response to criticism of the index from Tax Justice Network.

News March 06, 2007

Tax justice

Opinion Editorial March 06, 2007

Two Danish firms dominate in Finnish aid market

Business March 06, 2007

‘Multilateral approach more efficient’

While most Red Cross societies have spent only half the funds they collected for the tsunami catastrophe...

News March 06, 2007

NIRAS’ fortunes turn in Danish home market

After a dry spell lasting almost two years, the Danish consultancy firm NIRAS has been awarded two Danida...

Business March 06, 2007

Swedfund studies 20-25 new prospects

Swedfund, the Swedish aid-financed risk capital fund, is preparing to handle a capital injection of SEK...

Business March 06, 2007

Electricity transmission in Mongolia

Swedish companies interested in supplying equipment for electricity transmission in Mongolia are encouraged...

Business March 06, 2007

Review of Quang Tri VN rural development project

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland invites tenders for a mid-term review of the Quang Tri Rural...

Business March 06, 2007

Recent Nordic contracts awarded in UN market

Only two Nordic companies have won contracts with the United Nations Office for Project Services in Copenhagen...

Business March 06, 2007

Norwegian assistance for Jericho-Jordan cables

The Palestinian Authority has received financing from the Norwegian government toward the cost of the...

Business March 06, 2007

Transparency International defends index

March 06, 2007

DT 3 / 2007

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