DT 8 / 2024

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UNFPA braces for Trump II, scant hope for increased European funding this time

Europe - led by Nordic donors - increased support for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) by 20 per cent to compensate for cuts in US funding for sexual and reproductive health during the first Trump administration. Few believe this will happen again during Trump II.

News November 19, 2024

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How Norway’s oil fund could co-invest with World Bank in renewables

A Dutch investment fund praised by US Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen for facilitating co-investments...

Business November 14, 2024

The invisible climate bomb: why we can’t ignore nitrous oxide

Though it is the third-largest contributor to global warming among greenhouse gases and has a warming...

Opinion November 18, 2024

Sweden’s civil society shake-up: triples recipients, puts cap on funding, opens window for Global South

The aid agency Sida has announced its final selection of civil society organisations that are invited...

News November 08, 2024

Norwegian Finance Ministry keeps hands off oil fund’s ban on renewable energy investments in emerging economies

The leadership of Norway’s Ministry of Finance tells Development Today that an orderly transition to...

News November 05, 2024

World Bank sharpens IDA narrative by lifting it above special interests and earmarking in global aid

A World Bank campaign to convince donors to grant at least USD 27 billion for the International Development...

News October 25, 2024

Soul searching at the World Bank about how to finance response to the next pandemic

During the covid pandemic, the World Bank, bound by its country-based model, was unable to put its considerable...

News October 24, 2024

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Gavi asks donors to transfer remaining billions in unspent covid money to its next funding period

To secure a record-high budget for the next five years, the vaccine alliance Gavi needs USD 9 billion...

News October 18, 2024

COP29 and climate financing: Will environment ministers commit more scarce ODA that is neither ‘new’ nor ‘additional’?

As negotiations over new climate finance targets get underway, former Sida official Göran Holmqvist proposes...

Opinion October 21, 2024

Norwegian aid budget analysis: Identity crisis of a crazy-rich donor

Rather than making bold new global moves that reflect its enormous expanding oil wealth, the Norwegian...

News October 09, 2024

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