DT 3 / 2008

Statkraft wants majority ownership of SN Power

The power struggle over SN Power continues. Now that SN Power has become a huge commercial success, Statkraft...

News March 17, 2008

Donors to decide on Tanzania’s budget support soon

Nordic donors will decide on future budget support for Tanzania in early April. A key issue is the authorities’...

News March 17, 2008

Sida’s new dream team

The new Director General of Sida Anders Nordström, who took up his post at the agency at the end of...

News March 17, 2008

Danish TV backs down, five new NGOs join charity show

In the battle for public attention and market share, seven large NGOs were forced to give up their monopoly...

News March 17, 2008

New Norwegian hydro firm takes form

Hydro Power Norway, a cluster of ten Norwegian hydropower companies, is now one step closer to a decision...

News March 17, 2008

Lop-sided financing of UN peace fund

The UN Peacebuilding Fund expects to reach its financial target of USD 250 million during its second...

News March 17, 2008

Will Solheim put up a fight?

Opinion Editorial March 17, 2008

Norfund presents record surplus, targets Africa

Norfund presents a record result for 2007. Its surplus amounts to NOK 242 million with the lion’s share...

Business March 17, 2008

Points to new billion-crown aid market

A Nordic aid consultancy market potentially worth well over a billion crowns could open up if the Swedish...

Business March 17, 2008

Norway, World Bank to co-host tax haven conference

Norway and the World Bank have agreed to arrange a joint conference this fall on illegal capital flight...

Business March 17, 2008

Norwegian consultants watching Swedish process

Norwegian consultants are following the discussion about competition neutrality in Sweden with interest,...

Business March 17, 2008

New report cracks state agencies’ monopoly in aid

Sida’s practice of transferring billions of crowns in aid assignments to Swedish state agencies violates...

Business March 17, 2008

Surge in aid-financed assignments for state agencies

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Business March 17, 2008

Anti-corruption efforts. Upcoming six-donor evaluation

A joint evaluation of the anti-corruption efforts of six donors is being planned to begin in the second...

Business March 17, 2008

EOIs for Zambian public-private partnerships

Business March 17, 2008

Decentralisation of Danish aid. Lessons learned

The Danish Foreign Ministry announces a tender for an evaluation of its process of decentralising bilateral...

Business March 17, 2008

Local environmental management in Nepal

The Finnish Foreign Ministry announces a tender for the evaluation of the first phase of an environment...

Business March 17, 2008

Monitoring of Pungwe transboundary phase II

Sida invites bids for a contract to monitor Phase II of the Pungwe Basin Transboundary Integrated Water...

Business March 17, 2008

OECD's magic formula: 0.1% cost of saving the planet

It will have marginal consequences for global economic growth to fix the environment, but all countries...

News March 17, 2008

EOIs for technical support to Bangladeshi flood centre

During 2008-2010 Denmark will assist the Institute for Water Management (IWM) and the Flood Forecasting...

Business March 17, 2008

MS weighs pros and cons of joining ActionAid

The Danish NGO MS is midway through a year-long process of considering whether or not to become an affiliate...

News March 17, 2008