DT 14-15 / 2011

Energy and persistence

“Energy for all” are the favoured new buzz words. UNDP, the Norwegian government, the UN General Assembly and the upcoming Rio summit are all putting special focus on bringing modern forms of energy to the poor. Andrew Preston of ForUM explores what is at stake.

Opinion November 10, 2011

Blasts Gunilla Carlsson’s aid reforms

Sida is drowning in the reports it is required to deliver to the government. The Swedish public agency...

News November 10, 2011

Proposes ending tax exemption for aid projects

Development Minister Erik Solheim will soon have on his table a proposal for abolishing tax exemption...

News November 10, 2011

Hautala: ‘more vocal on human rights in Ethiopia’

Donors should be much more active in raising the issue of restrictions on human rights in Ethiopia, says...

News November 10, 2011

Danish aid funds to increase by DKK 800m for 2012-13

The Danish Social Democrat-led government will increase the budget for development aid by DKK 834 million...

News November 10, 2011

Pneumonia dominates GAVI billion-dollar grants

In the largest-ever approval of grants for vaccines announced by the GAVI alliance this fall almost two-thirds...

News November 10, 2011

Guyana forest deal off track, Amaila Falls dam delayed

Norway is hoping to disburse USD 6 million to Guyana for the first project in a bilateral forest carbon...

News November 10, 2011

DAC spreads aid activities ‘too thinly’

A Finnish top official wants the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) to narrow down its focus...

News November 10, 2011

Donors want OECD to host multilateral watchdog

A group of donors is negotiating the establishment of a secretariat hosted by the Paris-based OECD, that...

News November 10, 2011

Web awards for openaid.se

The web site of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) - openaid.se - has been...

News November 10, 2011

Paradox that donors demand tax exemption

In an interview last month, State Secretary at the Foreign Ministry Ingrid Fiskaa said to Development...

News November 10, 2011

Sceptical about dividing Danish aid into two pots

The Danish veteran of international aid Poul Engberg-Pedersen does not agree with the new government...

News November 10, 2011

MS hopes for a reversal of cuts

The Danish NGO MS ActionAid, the recipient of the largest Danida annual NGO grant, had its funds for...

News November 10, 2011

Time to focus Swedish aid

A report commissioned by the Swedish government shows that in implementing the results-based aid agenda,...

Opinion Editorial November 10, 2011

World Bank clears Norplan, Veidekke dropped out

One of Norway’s leading consultants Norplan has been cleared by the World Bank of suspected irregularities...

Business November 10, 2011

Major stake in Africa’s largest wind farm in Cape Verde

Finland’s aid-financed investment agency Finnfund is the second largest owner of a huge new wind farm...

Business November 10, 2011

Lower growth for IFC triggers more cooperation with others

The International Finance Corporation, the largest aid-funded private investor, aims to cooperate more...

Business November 10, 2011

Finnish-Kenyan AIDS drug aims for global market

A Kenya-based pharmaceutical company in Finnfund’s investment portfolio has gained WHO approval for an...

Business November 10, 2011

Financing secure for Agua Imara dam project in Panama

Fountain Intertrade Corp., a joint venture between the Norwegian state-owned hydropower investment company...

Business November 10, 2011

Review of support to water, energy in East Timor

Norad announces a tender for a mid-term review of the project, Institutional Streng-hening of water and...

Business November 10, 2011

Developing agricultural markets in Liberia

From January 2012, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) plans to provide support...

Business November 10, 2011

Support for community policing in Albania

Sida announces a tender for consultancy services for support to the Albanian State Police community policing...

Business November 10, 2011

Translators for Norad and Peace Corps

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and the Norwegian Peace Corps are looking to...

Business November 10, 2011

Tanzanian biofuel scaled back

A controversial biofuel project that is seeking aid financing from the Swedish aid agency Sida and the...

News November 10, 2011

Norwegian corruption hotline at work

The Foreign Ministry in Oslo has published a results report of the work of the Central Control Unit,...

News November 10, 2011

DT 14-15 / 2011

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