DT 19-20 / 2015

What’s in one little word? The peril of zero ‘net’ deforestation

The word “net” has been creeping into the language of climate forest donors when describing their efforts to halt deforestation. Forest researcher Jutta Kill explains what is at stake.

Opinion February 05, 2016

Norad’s new boss: aid agency as investment advisor

Future aid will be more about advice and exchange of experience and less about money, says Jon Lomøy...

News February 05, 2016

Global Fund plays hardball on corruption

In an effort to clear a backlog of millions of dollars in misused grants, the Global Fund has introduced...

News February 05, 2016

Finland holds Presidency of Nordic Council in 2016

Finland will hold the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers during 2016 with Anne Berner serving...

News February 05, 2016

More modest fund-raising goal for 2017-2019

The Global Fund, which aims to eradicate AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics, has announced that...

News February 05, 2016

Cuts rolled back by dipping into Oil Fund

An initial proposal to take NOK 7.3 billion out of the Norwegian aid budget for 2016 to financed refugee...

News February 05, 2016

Three rounds of cuts in Copenhagen

In two rounds of cuts during the fall, the Danish government slashed the aid budgets for 2015 and 2016...

News February 05, 2016

Austerity triggers drastic Finnish cuts

Finland, which faces the most severe economic set-back among the Nordics, made a dramatic roll-back of...

News February 05, 2016

Ad hoc changes in Nordic aid

This fall a large number of development organisations have lost funding on short notice in an ad hoc,...

Opinion Editorial February 05, 2016

NIRAS knocked off aid procurement throne

For the first time in almost a decade, NIRAS - which lost three key contracts during 2015 - did not dominate...

Business February 05, 2016

Energy works in Indonesia

Indonesia and Denmark are currently in third phase (2013-2017) of an Environmental Support Programme,...

Business February 05, 2016

Aims for rapid financial close of Tanzanian sugar project

After years of delay, the Swede Per Carstedt and a new investor are off to Abidjan to finalise the terms...

Business January 19, 2016

NDF support to Uganda forestry

The farm income Enhancement and Forest Conservation in Uganda is a strategic response to the impacts...

Business February 05, 2016

Denmark ranks No 1 in donor index

For the fourth year in a row, Denmark tops the Commitment to Development Index followed closely by three...

News February 05, 2016

Stricter asylum policy may diminish aid cuts

With 160,000 people seeking asylum in Sweden during 2015, the aid budget came under extreme pressure....

News February 05, 2016

Reach of Nordic aid diminishes in 2016

Through the fall Nordic politicians swung the axe at their development budgets, using aid to fill in...

News February 08, 2016

DT 19-20 / 2015

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