DT 17 / 2008

Hidden aid tying via NGOs, emergency relief and state agencies

An OECD report on donor progress in aid untying suggests that a growing portion of bilateral aid is no longer tied to the procurement of goods in donor countries. But there are “grey areas", such as NGO grants and humanitarian assistance, which donors do not report as tied. And the study is silent about the practice by some donors of channelling ODA through national state agencies.

News November 10, 2008

More competition in Finnish NGO funding

The Finnish Foreign Ministry has redefined its criteria for selecting development NGOs for multi-annual...

News November 10, 2008

Putting reigns on logging in exchange for forest aid

Norway is offering aid to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea in exchange for putting the reigns on logging...

News November 10, 2008

Ethiopia. Sweden to cut aid, while Norway opens for hydropower

Sweden and Norway have both been caught in diplomatic rows with Ethiopian authorities, but they have...

News November 10, 2008

MSF criticises armed aid convoys in DRC

Médecins Sans Frontières criticises the use of military-assisted convoys of relief assistance in the...

News November 10, 2008

Organic agriculture. UNEP urges shift in donor funding

News November 10, 2008

Evaluation of Danish support to civil society

A report last year by the Danish National Audit Office pointed to the need to evaluate Danish NGO support...

News November 10, 2008

Time to take on Solheim

The budget for 2009 represents a dramatic turn away from traditional values in Norwegian aid policy....

Opinion Editorial November 10, 2008

Swedish NGO ventures into commercial aid market

Business November 10, 2008

Uganda rejects Norwegian financing model for Bugoye

Authorities in Uganda have rejected a Norwegian proposal to subsidise the Bugoye hydropower project with...

Business November 10, 2008

Audit clears Norwegian suppliers in Bugoye hydropower project

An audit of the Bugoye hydropower project in Uganda concludes that there is no evidence of unacceptable...

Business November 10, 2008

Transparency in procurement. Danish rules or Chinese rules?

While transparency in aid procurement carried out by the Danish Foreign Ministry in Copenhagen is light...

Business November 10, 2008

Finns step up forestry aid in Indonesia and Kenya

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs is looking for a consultant to carry out an identification mission...

Business November 10, 2008

DEM wins renewable energy contract in Indonesia

Danish Energy Management tightens its grip on Danish aid-financed contracts in the green energy field,...

Business November 10, 2008

Sweden makes pledge to World Bank climate fund

Sweden has made a first commitment out of its SEK 4 billion climate aid package to the new World Bank...

Business November 10, 2008

Norway sees Obama as an ally in fighting tax havens

The Norwegian administration is wrangling with the World Bank over a study of illicit financial flows....

News November 10, 2008

Swedish education aid to Zanzibar

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) will finance two consultancies in connection...

Business November 10, 2008

Review of Danish-Arab partnership programme

The Danish-Arab Partnership Programme, which has been running since 2003 with an annual funding level...

Business November 10, 2008