MSF Norway: Time for a global needs index

Opinion January 09, 2014

Though Norway is the most generous humanitarian donor per capita, the Foreign Ministry has no systematic way of assessing needs. The result is that some crises are “over-funded” while others are absent from the Norwegian portfolio. MSF Norway proposes a global needs index to make decisions less political and more transparent.

Atle Fretheim, Medical doctor and former President of MSF Norway.

Médecins Sans Frontières Norway

former President of

Médecins Sans Frontières Norway

Henrik Valer, Programme Officer at MSF Norway.

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