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DT 13 / 2010

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Voluntary guidelines fail to hinder impacts of biofuel

The World Bank report on the rising global interest in buying, selling and leasing large tracts of farmland for food and fuel production proposes a voluntary “code of conduct”. The case of SEKAB’s biofuel project in Africa shows that such a code can do little to mitigate impacts on the ground, Kjell Havnevik writes.

Opinion October 04, 2010

Advice to Kenya on coalition building from a former Norwegian PM

Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik is giving advice to weak democracies on how to run a coalition...

News October 04, 2010

A new standard for building dams. No agreement on indigenous consent

The two-year process of developing a new protocol for assessing hydropower dams has wound up without...

News October 04, 2010

Watch out, the Taliban is googling you

In Afghanistan, your sources of funding are the key to your impartiality, says Country Representative...

News October 04, 2010

Donors pressure Mekong countries to take over funding of river commission

Donors which currently cover 94 per cent of the budget of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) are pushing...

News October 04, 2010

US Senator aims to bypass weak Mekong commission

US Senator Jim Webb has called for “multinational action” to prevent “potentially catastrophic consequences...

News October 04, 2010

New Ministry blog. An aid-free Tanzania by 2012?

“Norway in the world” is the name of a new blog being launched by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry where...

News October 05, 2010

US environmental prize to Sida for ozone funding

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has been awarded one of this years U.S....

News October 04, 2010

Business wants new private sector aid strategy

Norway needs a new strategy for private sector assistance, Norad concludes in a letter to the Foreign...

Business October 05, 2010

Investigation long overdue

Sida’s scrutiny of its practice of channelling millions of aid crowns through Swedish government institutions...

Opinion Editorial October 04, 2010

Sida investigates huge annual transfers to state agencies

One in ten aid crowns handled by Sida is transferred to Swedish government agencies and universities...

Business October 05, 2010

OECD: 'Tax multinationals, shelter African firms’

Developing countries must raise tax revenues by targeting multinational companies and big operators in...

Business October 04, 2010

Minister Pind aims to revitalise IFU, but still cuts its funding

Danish Development Minister Søren Pind has launched an Action Plan for the reform of the Danish aid-financed...

Business October 05, 2010

Exporting bureaucrats: a disputed practice

Opinions are divided over the practice of channelling aid funds through national government authorities....

Business October 05, 2010

IFU makes money in Africa

The Danish risk capital fund IFU reached a record high level for new investment agreements last year....

Business October 05, 2010

Five-year private sector programme in Mozambique

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs will finance a five-year a Private Sector Development Programme...

Business October 04, 2010

Civil society engagement in policy dialogue

In preparation for the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness which will take place in Seoul next year,...

Business October 04, 2010

Evaluation of ADB Mekong regional environment aid

The Core Environment Programme focuses on the Greater Mekong Sub-region - including the four lower Mekong...

Business October 04, 2010

Pind spars with Ekstra Bladet over Afghanistan

There are cold fronts between the Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet and Development Minister Pind, who has...

News October 04, 2010

Norwegian health aid to Botswana

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) announces a tender for the evaluation of Norwegian...

Business October 04, 2010

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