The end of Nordic aid

Opinion November 08, 2015

Dramatic aid cuts in Finland and Denmark, rumours about tremendous increases in the use of aid funds for receiving refugees in Sweden, a government proposal to reduce aid through civil society organisations by two-thirds in Norway, generalised cuts in support to UNDP, and a move of money from development to relief indicate that the Nordic emphasis on long-term development cooperation may end on New Year’s Eve 2015.

Lars Engberg Pedersen, Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen.
Photo: DIIS

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