Opinion

Post-COVID19, sovereign debt crises could wreak havoc on SDGs

One in four countries is now facing a debt crisis. This calls for an urgent resolution of the sovereign debt crises that are emerging in the wake of COVID19, especially in view of reaching the Sustainable...

Opinion October 08, 2020

Time to re-start stalled reform of humanitarian aid

At the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in 2016 donors agreed, as part of a reform package - the...

Opinion Editorial August 31, 2020

Coronavirus vaccine, ODA and the need for transparency

Plans are underway for an aid-financed mechanism, the Gavi Covax Advance Market Commitment (AMC), that...

Opinion Editorial June 16, 2020

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How women’s employment affects partner violence

It is a common belief in the aid community that women’s employment can help to reduce intimate partner...

Opinion May 06, 2020

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Helping African businesses through the pandemic

The EU, Bretton Woods and national donors are pledging tens of billions of euro to mitigate the hardship...

Opinion Editorial May 06, 2020

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Unlock WHO funding

With the myriad far-reaching health, humanitarian and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, scarce...

Opinion Editorial April 02, 2020

Sida divides SEK 6-billion NGO pie. Assessments should be public

It has been seven years since the Swedish aid agency Sida had an overhaul of its multi-year financing...

Opinion Editorial February 28, 2020

Norway should double support for World Bank’s IDA

Just before Christmas the World Bank wrapped up negotiations in Stockholm announcing a three-year financing...

Opinion Editorial December 30, 2019

Taking stock of the new MDBs

Two new multinational development banks were established in 2014-2015, the BRICS countries’ New Development...

Opinion Editorial November 29, 2019

Bring China into the international financial system

Will China indebt the world? China has risen rapidly to become the world’s largest infrastructure creditor....

Opinion February 05, 2019