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DT 10-11 / 2010

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Better information. Better aid

Aid transparency is essential for improving accountability, increasing aid effectiveness and providing better value for money. This is vitally important in maintaining public support for aid at a time of financial stringency.

Opinion August 31, 2010

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SN Power AfriCA aims for the driver’s seat

SN Power AfriCA wants to be in the driver’s seat when it kicks off hydropower projects with a total capacity...

Business August 31, 2010

Personal attack on Ban Ki-moon weakened critique

There has been little reaction to the report by Inga-Britt Ahlenius, former head of the UN’s watchdog...

News August 31, 2010

Pakistan flood triggers accelerated payment of new Danish aid

In response to the catastrophic flood in Pakistan, Denmark will accelerate the disbursement of funds...

News August 31, 2010

Icelandic aid portfolio shrinks to three countries

Iceland will terminate its development cooperation with Namibia at the end of this year. This leaves...

News August 31, 2010

Irrational

The Danish government will freeze aid at DKK 15.2 billion until 2013. As the economy is likely to grow,...

Opinion Editorial August 31, 2010

Sweden under-reports tied aid: SADEV

Sweden has probably reported too much of its aid to the OECD as being untied. A review of Swedish aid...

News August 31, 2010

NIRAS dominates in Danida market in 2009

While the overall Danida market for consultants continues to shrink, NIRAS’ contract volume with the...

Business September 01, 2010

Norway to launch guarantee scheme for hydropower

Environment and Development Minister Erik Solheim has announced that he will launch a new renewable energy...

Business September 01, 2010

CMI, Channel Research and SIPU win Norad evaluations

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) continues to attract interest from a variety...

Business August 31, 2010

Land administration in Ethiopia

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Helsinki has allocated EUR 12.8 million over 2010-15 for the first...

Business August 31, 2010

Sida environment and climate help desk

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) will shortly announce a tender for an...

Business August 31, 2010

Strengthening Vietnamese-Swedish contacts to 2013

The Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi is looking for a manager for the new Partner Cooperation Centre, CENTEC....

Business August 31, 2010

Telecom giant marks 10 years of low-key aid

Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunications giant, has informed the United Nations that it is ready to assist...

News August 31, 2010

Denmark freezes aid, spends more at home

Increased funding of the World Bank and of refugee costs in Denmark have led to a tight Danish aid budget...

News August 31, 2010

Finland plans to grow aid budget in spite of hard times

When Finland faced a financial crisis in the early 1990s, aid was the first budget post to be slashed....

News August 31, 2010

New actors compete for Sida information grants

Four “new” NGOs have entered the competition for Sida information grants under the new rules that took...

News August 31, 2010

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