DT 6 / 2010

Transparency of climate financing under threat

Additionality is at the heart of the climate finance debate, and goes beyond volumes of dollars. Donors' reluctance to agree on common rules for measuring climate aid is a major blow to transparency.

Opinion April 22, 2010

Eva Joly hails cross debarment deal as ‘tremendous achievement’

Five multilateral development banks have signed a landmark agreement that harmonises their anti-corruption...

News April 22, 2010

NIB: preventing firms from ‘shopping around’

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is following closely the discussions on harmonising anti-corruption...

News April 22, 2010

Danes open for cooperation with Afghan militia groups

The Danish government recently released a new plan for its engagement in Afghanistan, the so-called Helmand...

News April 22, 2010

Norway, the ‘new guy’ among donor heavyweights in Haiti

At the March 31 donor meeting on reconstruction aid to Haiti, Norway pledged a level of support that...

News April 22, 2010

New OECD figures: record-high Swedish aid in 2009

The Nordic countries strengthen their role in western aid last year in the midst of the global financial...

News April 22, 2010

Report: more power to Sida boss Anders Nordstöm

A government agency assigned to support Sida in improving its mangement and internal control systems...

News April 22, 2010

Investigates allegations of rule-bending by top staff

Two anonymous tips to Sida’s Anti-corruption Advisor Eva Parry alerted the Swedish aid agency to possible...

News April 22, 2010

Africa loses again

The OECD keeps a steady focus on following up donors’ promises from 2005 to raise global aid with a special...

Opinion Editorial April 22, 2010

Competitors fear Yara will gain fertiliser monopoly in Tanzania

Donors and private firms in Tanzania are demanding an explanation from the Norwegian fertiliser giant...

Business April 22, 2010

Sida aims to support green technology in Haiti

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) hopes to issue guarantees for environment-friendly...

Business April 22, 2010

Karuma sold to Uganda, dispute over tax payment

The Norwegian-owned company NORPAK Ltd, which held the rights to develop the Karuma hydropower project...

Business April 22, 2010

Yara: favours competition

Responding to criticisms levelled at Yara by the Finnish-Dutch firm DSG, Special Advisor to Yara International...

Business April 22, 2010

Appraisal of transitional aid to Zimbabwe

The Technical Advisory Service of the Danish Foreign Ministry is seeking a consultant to appraise the...

Business April 22, 2010

Danish-Swedish water programme in Mali

Denmark and Sweden will provide technical assistance to the government of Mali to implement its integrated...

Business April 22, 2010

TA for business climate support in Kenya

A five-year Business Sector Programme Support (BSPS) has been implemented in Kenya with support from...

Business April 22, 2010

Evaluation of Norwegian aid research

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) will commission an evaluation of Norwegian research...

Business April 22, 2010

French-Norwegian tug of war over forest aid

France is elbowing its way into the forest climate arena, a political space that little Norway with its...

News April 22, 2010

DT 6 / 2010

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