Narrow-mindedness is crippling IFU

Opinion November 18, 2010

While the Swedish, Finnish - and especially the Norwegian - risk capital funds have been receiving steady injections of capital from Nordic aid budgets, Denmark is moving in the opposition direction. Profits from IFU’s past successful investments in poor countries are being taken home by the Danish government.

Mogens Lykketoft is a Danish Social Democrat MP and 1st Vice President of Parliament.

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