DT 19 / 2010

Horse trading over climate and the role of REDD

So finally, after three years of faltering discussions, governments have agreed on how to move forward on the thorny issue of reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). Or have they? Simon Counsell of Rainforest Foundation UK reflects.

Opinion December 17, 2010

GAVI launches new vaccine, but funding gap remains

GAVI has announced the launch of a brand new pneumonia vaccine in Nicaragua, just a few months after...

News December 17, 2010

Donor fatigue leads to use of local channels in Somalia

Twenty years after the collapse of the central government in Somalia, donors are still struggling to...

News December 20, 2010

Pind prepares for political battle over IFU’s future

There will be no privatisation of the Danish aid-financed risk capital fund IFU, but the fund will be...

News December 20, 2010

Friends of Zimbabwe push for legitimate elections

The group of 24 donors that provide development assistance to Zimbabwe welcome progress achieved by the...

News December 20, 2010

Denmark receives top marks for emergency relief aid

Denmark scores highest in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index (HRI), an independent ranking of donor...

News December 20, 2010

Positive signals for budget support to Tanzania

A recent preliminary donor assessment of conditions for giving general budget support to Tanzania offered...

News December 20, 2010

Norway funds equipment for Somaliland to fight pirates

A Norwegian funded project has provided radar and communications equipment for authorities at Berbera...

News December 20, 2010

Donor darlings and aid orphans

Danish Development Minister Søren Pind will decide in the coming weeks where to concentrate Danish development...

News December 20, 2010

Nordic DFIs ready for NORSAD takeover, but hurdles remain

Nordic DFIs have indicated that they might be willing to take over 50 per cent of the Lusaka-based NORSAD...

Business December 20, 2010

Not a slush fund

Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo triggered a media show in Cancun when he attacked the World Bank for...

Opinion Editorial December 17, 2010

Green Resources receives EU grant for charcoal factory

The Norwegian forest and carbon company Green Resources has received a EUR 2.4 million renewable energy...

Business December 17, 2010

Sida training programmes, key market for Swedish actors

The International Training Programmes (ITP) commissioned by Sida each year remain one of the most important...

Business December 20, 2010

Training of Danish CIMIC instructors for Afghanistan

The Danish Foreign Ministry is calling for expressions of interest for services related to a training...

Business December 17, 2010

Ranked framework contracts will lead to ‘monopolies’

The Swedish Consultants Association warns in a recent report that Sida’s new system of tendering for...

Business December 20, 2010

Andean forestry and energy projects coming up

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs is preparing two programmes for Andean region countries, one...

Business December 17, 2010

CMI to map tax systems in three African countries

The Chr Michelsens Institute in Bergen has been awarded a contract with Norad to examine tax and tax...

Business December 17, 2010

SIPU to assess Norwegian aid research independence

The Swedish development consultancy SIPU International has been awarded a contract with the Evaluation...

Business December 17, 2010

Solheim: Deng Xiaoping deserves a peace and development prize

Four days after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in absentia to Chinese democracy activist Liu Xiaobo,...

News December 17, 2010

High dams in Ethiopia put Nile cooperation to the test

When Norway signed an agreement last year to help Ethiopia prepare two of the largest hydropower projects...

News December 20, 2010

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