DT 3 / 2015

Critique of Gavi and Gates Foundation: ‘narrow technological focus on health’

Gavi and the Gates Foundation are criticised for diverting attention and funding from the urgent task of building up health systems in poor countries.

News April 07, 2015

New development banks. The BRICS challenge Washington and Tokyo

The Western donors should join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the new BRICS bank, and work...

Opinion April 07, 2015

Sweden’s 2015 UN allocations still pending

Sweden is now more than three months behind in informing key UN agencies of their levels of core funding...

News April 07, 2015

Donors continue to withhold Tanzania budget support

The donor group in Dar es Salaam has released some of its promised budget support to the government,...

News April 07, 2015

Re-defining aid for health systems

The ebola epidemic laid bare in the starkest possible way how weak health systems can leave countries...

Opinion Editorial April 07, 2015

Intense diplomacy calms Swedish-Saudi row

Relations between Sweden and Saudi Arabia are about to normalise after a recent meeting between a Swedish...

News April 07, 2015

Nordic firms supply ‘next to nothing’ to AfDB

A delegation from the African Development Bank has been on a road trip in Copenhagen, Helsinki and Oslo...

Business April 07, 2015

Climate Advisers seeks huge new Norad grant

The consultancy Climate Advisers, which currently receives Norwegian aid financing to lobby the American...

Business April 07, 2015

April 30 is D-day for EcoEnergy in Tanzania

Sida is threatening to close down EcoEnergy’s sugar and ethanol project in Tanzania unless a new strategic...

Business April 07, 2015

Swedfund, Scania invest in Indian biogas

The Swedish aid-financed risk capital fund Swedfund and Scania are establishing a partnership to develop...

Business April 07, 2015

COWI awarded climate contract in Mexico

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has awarded a DKK 29.4 million contract to COWI for consultancy...

Business April 07, 2015

Finnish-South Africa bioscience support

The first phase of Finnish support for bioscience research network in Southern Africa took place during...

Business April 07, 2015

The difference Norway can make in Angola

The government is the rule maker in oil-rich Angola, but Norway can make a small difference, says political...

News April 07, 2015

DT 3 / 2015

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