DT 20 / 2010

Norway wades in troubled Nile waters

Norway is helping Ethiopia prepare two mega-dam projects on the Blue Nile. In a de facto one-party political system, criticism and diverging opinions on development policies are not allowed to surface. How will Norway ensure that local concerns and critical expert opinions are heard?

Opinion December 30, 2010

Sida downsizes: 50 fired, dozens more leave voluntarily

The Swedish aid agency Sida has decided to get rid of almost one in six staff in a dramatic move to downsize...

News December 30, 2010

Norway impatient with FAO reforms. Sweden gives core funding

Sweden replaces Norway as a provider of programme support to the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation...

News December 30, 2010

Cash-strapped Western donors save IDA. China fails to step up

The United Kingdom, the United States and Japan saved the World Bank’s soft loan arm IDA during negotiations...

News December 30, 2010

Support for UN emergency fund may be waning

With its highest pledge to date of USD 66 million for 2011, Sweden is for the first time the largest...

News December 30, 2010

Global Fund to restrict mandate to three diseases

In a tight financial situation, the Global Fund has decided not to expand its mandate beyond the three...

News December 30, 2010

Forestry consultant’s findings present dilemma for REDD payment to Guyana

A forestry consultant’s report shows that the rate of deforestation in Guyana has tripled in the last...

News December 30, 2010

Wrong timing

The Swedish aid agency Sida managed to keep its administrative costs within budget for 2010, in spite...

Opinion Editorial December 30, 2010

Gay rights put back into UN resolution

Following pressure from the Nordic countries and the United States, a reference to sexual orientation...

News December 30, 2010

Danish fraud hunters closed 100 cases in the past two years

The Foreign Ministry in Copenhagen has released almost 200 documents about possible fraud and corruption...

Business December 30, 2010

NDF’s EUR 75 million climate project portfolio

The Nordic Development Fund was supposed to die. Instead, it has been reborn and, within one and a half...

Business December 30, 2010

Väyrynen wants Finnish firms to be more active in aid

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen wants Finnish companies to participate more...

Business December 30, 2010

Danida’s fall contracts

Since the fall NIRAS and COWI have faired well in the Danish aid market, each being awarded two Danida...

Business December 30, 2010

Fund manager for legal services facility in Tanzania

As part of the Tanzania governance support programme, the Danish Embassy in Tanzania intends to set up...

Business December 30, 2010

Phasing out environmental support to Nepal

The project Strengthening of Environmental Administration and Management at Local Level in Nepal began...

Business December 30, 2010

Light at the end of the tunnel for ICEIDA

After the financial crisis that forced the Icelandic aid agency to cut its aid portfolio in half, ICEIDA...

News December 30, 2010

Norplan proposes alternative site for Ethiopian high dam

The Norwegian clean energy aid package for Ethiopia focuses on turning two hydropower schemes on the...

Business December 30, 2010

DT 20 / 2010

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