DT 10 / 2016

Sida’s humanitarian NGO aid is untied. Other Nordics favour national channels

The norm among Nordic donors is to reserve the lion’s share of humanitarian NGO funding for their own NGOs. Sweden takes a different approach.

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The spin doctors at the Foreign Ministry have put a positive twist on next year’s aid budget by comparing...

News October 07, 2016

The medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) plans to open a branch in Finland....

News October 07, 2016

In its fifth replenishment, hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Montréal, the Global...

News October 07, 2016

Sweden will take a seat at the UN Security Council starting next January for a two-year term. Foreign...

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Sweden, Finland and the Swedish NGO We Effect are aligning their demands for reimbursement of misused...

News October 07, 2016

The Norwegian aid agency has refused to pay exorbitant rates for the services of retired US Congressman...

Business October 07, 2016

Development Today’s review of Nordic donor spending of humanitarian NGO aid shows that while Norway,...

Opinion Editorial October 07, 2016

Pekka Haavisto says he is aware of the risks of engaging with a totalitarian regime. He insists, however,...

Opinion October 07, 2016

Solid profit and a more flexible mandate have allowed Denmark’s aid-funded risk capital fund IFU to expand....

Business October 07, 2016

In Jens Stoltenberg’s autobiography, Min historie (Gyldendal, 2016), the former Norwegian Prime Minister...

News October 07, 2016

An investigation of the Agua Zarca hydropower project in Honduras, commissioned by the Dutch financier...

Business October 07, 2016

A new multi-donor fund, developed by the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) and the Asian Development Bank...

Business October 07, 2016

Sweden aims to keep its aid at a high level next year, and aligns development and climate engagements...

News October 07, 2016