DT 5-6 / 2009

Iceland withdraws from Nicaragua

Iceland is pulling out of Nicaragua and concentrating its foreign aid on four countries in Sub-Saharan...

News May 04, 2009

Nordics fight to hold on to World Bank seat

There is broad agreement about the need to reform the World Bank Board to allow for better representation...

News May 04, 2009

Pennies left for health systems

The international task force on innovative health financing, initiated by PM Gordon Brown of the UK and...

Opinion Editorial May 04, 2009

Go-it-alone approach ruined joint donor efforts in Sudan

News May 04, 2009

Fewer Danish mixed credit projects approved

The number of approved mixed credit projects in Denmark is dropping compared with the last few years....

Business May 04, 2009

Environment window in new Swedish guarantee scheme

The Swedish government has approved a new set of private sector tools in Swedish aid, which include untied...

Business May 04, 2009

Norway turns down guarantee request for approved projects

The future of 16 projects Norway has committed to finance, mostly in Vietnam, is up in the air. The Norwegian...

Business May 04, 2009

Six donors to evaluate their anti-corruption activities

The Norwegian aid agency Norad is, on behalf of Danida, Sida, AsDB, DfId and the Swedish Agency for Development...

Business May 04, 2009

Renewable energy strategy for Laos

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs will finance a strategy on renewable energy for Laos.

Business May 04, 2009

Danish industry criticises government for tapping IFU’s capital

Danish business is not happy about the government tapping money from the aid-funded risk capital fund...

Business May 04, 2009

Coordinate grants to Columbian CSOs

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is looking for a person to administer...

Business May 04, 2009

Swedish training course on coastal development

As part of its International Training Programme, Sida will finance a course on the subject of Integrated...

Business May 04, 2009

Experts question GAVI’s choice of vaccine

Based on a donation by the Wyeth pharmaceutical company, GAVI recently launched the pneumococcal vaccine,...

News May 04, 2009

Forest dwellers on shaky legal ground in Indonesian REDD

Indonesia continues to eye the enormous funds that Norway offered Brazil last year in exchange for reducing...

News May 04, 2009

SEKAB eyes massive aid-funded equity for 20 biofuel projects in Africa

Business May 04, 2009

Tanzania suspends biofuel projects, pending new rules

The Tanzanian government has suspended implementation of biofuel projects that have not yet received...

Business May 04, 2009