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Expanded UN presence in Helsinki

UN Assistant Secretary General Vitaly Vanshelboim has been appointed head of the newly established UNOPS office in Helsinki. He leads the UN’s Sustainable Infrastructure Impact Investments (S3i) initiative,...

News April 02, 2020

Using aid to finance coronavirus vaccine research may violate OECD rules

Donors have committed large amounts to a multi-billion-dollar aid-financed initiative to develop vaccines...

News March 26, 2020

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Sweden compares UN agencies and NGOs on equal terms in scrutiny of humanitarian partners

Sida is reviewing its humanitarian portfolio as part of a process of selecting organisations through...

News March 20, 2020

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Donors slow to fund global coronavirus response, WHO seeks private money

Rich countries have pledged billions of dollars to deal with their own coronavirus outbreaks, but they...

News March 18, 2020

Norway puts brakes on climate aid to Guyana amid post-election chaos

In response to the volatile political situation in Guyana following the presidential election March 2,...

News March 13, 2020

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China climbs on World Bank donor list as US drops to third place

China has broken Western dominance in the World Bank’s fund for poor countries IDA, climbing to No 6...

News February 27, 2020

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US think tanks push for new fund to help poor countries combat coronavirus

As concern about coronavirus grows, three Washington-based think tanks are proposing that the G7 launch...

News February 27, 2020

Indian drug firm says Gavi lost ‘years’ in race against pneumonia

The rules donors set back in 2009 for a USD 1.5 billion pilot fund on pneumonia vaccine, the AMC, have...

News February 14, 2020

Danish NGO IBIS confronts ‘built-in weaknesses’ in Oxfam’s global system

Three years after merging with Oxfam, the leadership of Oxfam IBIS in Copenhagen is grappling with “...

News January 24, 2020

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Finnish Development Minister Ville Skinnari on ‘Nordic power’

Finland’s Development Minister Ville Skinnari is a staunch believer in Nordic cooperation within the...

News December 20, 2019

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