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DT 16 / 2015

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Swedish race for UN Security Council seat tests feminist foreign policy

In a campaign to secure a seat on the UN Security Council for 2017-18, Sweden holds its flag high over its peace and development agenda.

Earlier in the fall, during a power struggle over the aid budget, the Foreign Ministry warned that deep cuts in aid would put an end to Sweden’s bid for a seat on the prestigious council.

Niclas Kvarnström, head of the team coordinating the campaign, says to Development Today good aid performance is an advantage and it is a field where Sweden is far ahead of the other contenders.

News January 01, 2016

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Global immunisation. Unprecedented progress, major challenges

The main challenges for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance over the next five years are three-fold: to help partner...

Opinion January 01, 2016

UN envoy: cash benefits for recipients in Sahel to simplify donor efforts

Donor austerity threatens to hamper development efforts in the vast Sahel region which extends across...

News January 01, 2016

Less money for Norwegian aid evaluation

New instructions for Norad’s Evaluation Department aim to strengthen its independence. But resources...

News December 01, 2015

Panel clears Swedish UN whistleblower

An independent panel has cleared the Swedish UN Director Anders Kompass, who lost his job after raising...

News January 11, 2016

Humanitarian funds boost Icelandic aid

The decision to close the Icelandic aid agency and an extra allocation for refugees and humanitarian...

News December 01, 2015

Challenges basic Swedish assumptions

The more democracy societies have, the more well-off their citizens, right? Not according to the latest...

Opinion Editorial January 01, 2016

Danish Parliament voted to reverse cuts, to no avail

In the Nordic capitals, strife over aid spending continued until MPs took their Christmas break. The...

Business December 01, 2015

DFIs scrutinise Green Resources' plantations

DFIs that are investing USD 33 million in loans to the Norwegian tree plantation company Green Resources...

Business January 01, 2016

Skills development fund in Ghana

The Danish Embassy will commission a company or consortium to manage a challenge fund, the so-called...

Business December 01, 2015

Monitoring Danish aid to Kenya

With the start of a new five-year country programme in Kenya, the Danish Embassy in Nairobi will hire...

Business December 01, 2015

Sida humanitarian help desk

Sida is looking to complement its internal expertise on human security and humanitarian assistance with...

Business December 01, 2015

Swedish focus on democracy aid is off the mark

It is not more democracy, but rather more good government that improves people’s lives. According to...

News January 01, 2016

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