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DT 16 / 2013

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Nordics resist World Bank bid to fill IDA funding gap with loans

The World Bank wants loans from donors on top of grants to close a massive funding gap in IDA, the largest global financing source for poor countries. Nordics fear the ad hoc move will hurt IDA’s long-term funding. 

News December 02, 2013

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End of Oslo safe haven for DVB. Burmese exile media heads home

A decade ago, the Democratic Voice of Burma broke free from political affiliation with the Burmese democracy...

News December 02, 2013

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Welcomes scrutiny of Foreign Ministry

Sweden’s new aid minister is open to external scrutiny of her ministry and makes improvement of the working...

Opinion December 02, 2013

Norway reserves USD 80 million for Amaila hydro dam in Guyana

Guyana and Norway remain committed to the Amaila Falls dam project, though IDB has removed it from its...

News December 02, 2013

Ad hoc changes in World Bank funding

The World Bank’s IDA agency is perhaps the world’s most important financing mechanism for poor countries....

Opinion Editorial December 02, 2013

Ahtisaari’s institute to receive frame funds

The Crisis Management Institute, founded by Nobel laureate Martti Ahtisaari, becomes one of five new...

News December 02, 2013

Donors expect Laos to go slow on Mekong dam

Donors have delayed a joint statement to the Lao government about the controversial Don Sahong hydropower...

News December 02, 2013

Global Fund suspends key mosquito net supplier, Vestergaard

Vestergaard, until recently the largest supplier of mosquito nets to the Global Fund, is temporarily...

Business December 02, 2013

Tanzania must reimburse misused aid funds

Finland and Sweden are demanding the reimbursement of aid funds after revelations of corruption related...

Business December 02, 2013

Volvo, Sida, USAID join forces for technical education in Africa

USAID and Sida have announced a partnership with Sweden’s leading truck and bus manufacture Volvo, aimed...

Business December 02, 2013

Rural development in Albania

The German aid agency GIZ is, on behalf of Germany and Denmark, announcing a tender for a consultant...

Business December 02, 2013

Another Nordic minister down

The Danish Development Minister Christian Friis Bach (47) has resigned after providing wrong information...

News December 02, 2013

Evaluation of innovation programme

Conceptualised as a pilot for the SADC regions, the Southern Africa Innovation Support (SAIS) Programme...

Business December 02, 2013

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