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DT 1 / 2012

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Finland alerted donors to risks of Ethiopian resettlement plan

A secretive plan by the Ethiopian government to resettle hundreds of thousands of indigenous people into formalised villages has caused alarm among donors and rights activists.

News February 11, 2012

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­A human rights-based aid policy

Finland’s Development Minister has presented a new development policy that puts human rights at the centre...

News February 11, 2012

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Busan, the new global partnership

The summit in Busan was a success story because it opened the floor to honest, international dialogue...

Opinion February 11, 2012

Donors boost IFAD funding

Donors have rallied in support of the UN agriculture agency IFAD, increasing money available in the next...

News February 11, 2012

13 Swedish NGOs compete for SEK 300m

Multi-year grants for four Swedish NGOs run out next year, freeing up more than SEK 300 million of Sida...

News February 11, 2012

Reviving the ‘Nordic voice’

Finland’s Minister for International Development Heidi Hautala wants to revive Nordic aid cooperation....

News February 11, 2012

Nordic change of watch at UNFPA

Mari Simonen steps down after six years as deputy of UN Population Fund, and the Dane Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen...

News February 11, 2012

UN agencies have USD 12b in unspent funds

A new study of the financial flows of five key UN agencies concludes that more than 10 per cent of resources...

News February 11, 2012

SIPRI, WIDER receive top marks

Several Nordic institutes receive high rankings in the 2011 Global Go-To Think Tanks report published...

News February 11, 2012

The new Development Today

For more than 20 years, Development Today’s expression has been more or less unchanged. Our core profile...

Opinion Editorial February 13, 2012

Danes to open aid office in Somaliland

The danish government has decided to open a bilateral programme office in Somaliland.

News February 13, 2012

Aid-subsidised contracts to Eltel, STX Finland

Last year Finland approved EUR 60 million in mixed credits on export contracts for Finnish industry....

Business February 11, 2012

Norwegian dams industry defends CDM carbon trading regime

Top executives in the Norwegian hydropower industry are attempting to block EU restrictions on carbon...

Business February 11, 2012

To name or not to name

Denmark makes public the names of pre-qualified companies before tenders are submitted in an effort to...

Business February 13, 2012

PwC gives Norfund thumbs-down on reporting aid outcomes

A report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) indicates that the Norwegian aid-financed risk capital fund...

Business February 11, 2012

Upcoming forest and land projects

The Finnish Foreign Ministry has produced a list of tenders currently being prepared by the Africa department....

Business February 11, 2012

Huge untied mixed credit portfolio awaits closure

Four projects still lack financing in a troublesome mixed credits scheme that Norway decided to close...

Business February 11, 2012

Improving research governance

The Swedish aid agency Sida announces a tender for a framework contract to support Sida’s research cooperation...

Business February 11, 2012

Under the corruption radar

When news of fraud in the Global Fund hit the media a year ago, all hell broke loose. Donors froze funds...

News February 11, 2012

Advisor at Vietnam waste water project

The Danish-financed drainage project in Vietnam, Bac Giang, has run into delays, and Danida has decided...

Business February 11, 2012

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