DT 3 / 2010

The ‘triple crisis’

Three interconnected crises - of the global financial system, food security and global warming - potentially threaten peace and stability. Multilateral action must be combined with a clearer understanding of how they affect each other and their regional and country level impacts.

Opinion March 16, 2010

Swedish Auditor General targets budget support to Mali

In an investigation of Swedish budget support to Mali, the Auditor General concludes that Sida has insufficient...

News March 16, 2010

UNDP attacks critical review by its key donors

The UN’s key reform agency UNDP attacks a critical scrutiny carried out by important donors of the organisation....

News March 16, 2010

Norway flags USD 1b for REDD, other Nordics undecided

Little Norway stands shoulder to shoulder with the United States with its pledge to spend USD 1 billion...

News March 16, 2010

Finnish committee splits over climate additionality

Finnish climate aid promised in the Copenhagen Accord should come on top of the country’s planned aid...

News March 16, 2010

Relief giants overrun Danish NGO in selection of Haiti shelter model

A small Danish NGO has been out-manoeuvred in the complex politics of selecting a standard model for...

News March 16, 2010

‘Freedom Minister’: Søren Pind takes over aid portfolio

Søren Pind (Liberal) has replaced Ulla Tørnæs as Denmark’s Minister of Development Cooperation.

News March 16, 2010

Former Icelandic country director suspected of financial misconduct

A former country director for the Islandic aid agency ICEIDA in Mozambique is suspected of having misused...

News March 16, 2010

Paris Agenda under pressure

The Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness is under pressure on several fronts. There are growing concerns...

Opinion Editorial March 16, 2010

Modern bio-energy will save the forest

In an opinion article in the last issue of Development Today, Mads Asprem of the company Green Resources...

Opinion March 16, 2010

Swedes hold strong position, Norway wiped out of markets in aid-funded countries

Norwegian industry has been knocked out of the markets in African countries that are main recipients...

Business March 16, 2010

Major Danish mixed credit awarded to MT Højgaard

The Danish supplier MT Højgaard AS has been awarded a contract in Bangladesh through the Danida mixed...

Business March 16, 2010

OECD progress report on untying aid

A recent report from the OECD, “Untying aid: Is it working?”, concludes that that as much as 83 per...

Business March 16, 2010

Environment and climate change in Bolivia

The Danish Embassy in La Paz is calling for expressions of interest for the preparation of a new Climate...

Business March 16, 2010

Evaluation of Stockholm Environment Institute

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is one of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency...

Business March 16, 2010

Danish-Swedish justice support in Vietnam

Denmark, Sweden and the European Commission have joined forces to support the Justice Partnership Programme...

Business March 16, 2010

Evaluation of Transparency International

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

Business March 16, 2010

COWI awarded major business contract in Ghana

The other large contract awarded by Danida so far this year (DKK 17.9 million) has gone to COWI of Denmark...

Business March 16, 2010

Top Nordic appointments

Four Nordic diplomats - Margot Wallström and Ann-Marie Orler of Sweden, Antti Turunen of Finland, and...

News March 16, 2010

DT 3 / 2010

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