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DT 16 / 2011

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Donors as catalyzers of development

There is a “virtuous circle” of public and private activities that is crucial for development. Strategic support to the private sector from development institutions can be decisive, and is not necessarily resource demanding.

Opinion November 28, 2011

Ethiopia to showcase Energy+ in Durban

A joint Norwegian-British climate project in Ethiopia, to be launched at the climate summit in Durban,...

News November 28, 2011

Danish minister hails human rights, to increase budget support

In a speech to the diplomatic corps in Copenhagen, Danish Development Minister Christian Friis Bach argued...

News November 28, 2011

Zambia ‘grateful’ for Swedish anti-corruption moves

When aid minister Gunilla Carlsson made her first visit to Lusaka since the sharp cuts in Swedish aid...

News November 28, 2011

Palestinians ‘almost incapacitated, Israel is not a donor’, says Fayyad

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad calls Israel’s refusal to transfer USD 100 million in tax and...

News November 28, 2011

Sweden, Norway re-think budget support, for different reasons

Two Nordic donors are reviewing their policies on budget support - aid injected into recipients’ fiscal...

News November 28, 2011

EU links budget support to human rights

The European Union aims to strengten the contract with countries receiving budget support, and link it...

News November 28, 2011

Shrinking focus on agriculture in Norwegian aid

A study of Norwegian funding for agricultural development shows that aid to the sector has shrunk in...

News November 29, 2011

Norwegian mission in Accra

Norway has opened a new embassy in Ghana, reflecting the country’s positive developments and growing...

News November 28, 2011

‘Totally paranoid’ in Addis Ababa

Finnish Development Minister Heidi Hautala did not mince her words during a seminar in Helsinki this...

News November 28, 2011

Sida rewards 9 firms with grants. Little Nordic interest

In the first round of a pilot business aid scheme, Sida has handed out EUR 1 million in grants to companies...

Business November 29, 2011

Friis Bach’s core values

A new left-leaning Danish government takes over the aid portfolio after a decade of non-socialist administrations...

Opinion Editorial November 28, 2011

Oil fund wants to develop African financial markets

The chief of the NOK 3 trillion Norwegian sovereign wealth fund says that as soon there are functioning...

Business November 28, 2011

Finnish-Kenyan AIDS drug aims for global market

UCL, a Kenya-based drug manufacturer in Finnfund’s investment portfolio, is one of just a handful of...

Business November 28, 2011

ORGUT wins Palestinian water and sanitation contract

The Swedish development consulting firm ORGUT has in consortium with Finnish Consulting Group (FCG) has...

Business November 28, 2011

New round for Norconsult

The leading Norwegian engineering firm acquitted last July of corruption charges related to a World Bank...

Business November 29, 2011

Denmark among top ten UN suppliers

Denmark is the only Nordic country among the top ten suppliers to the United Nations, while firms located...

Business November 28, 2011

Evaluation of Swedish civil society organisations

About one-third of the annual billion-crown fund for Swedish NGOs will for the first time be up for grabs...

Business November 28, 2011

Sida funding for Kakono hydro dam in Tanzania

The Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) invites expressions of interest for a contract...

Business November 28, 2011

Second phase in water sector aid to Niger

Denmark announces a tender for the second phase of its support for a water, hygiene and sanitation sector...

Business November 28, 2011

Sweden’s open aid recognised in new index

The Nordic countries ended up with variable scores in the first aid transparency index launched by the...

News November 28, 2011

Obsessive measurement disorder?

“If we cannot transparently and systematically report on how our aid budget is spent ... the credibility...

News November 28, 2011

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