Nordic aid budgets

Norway’s new aid priorities: farmers, refugees and climate

The new Center-Left government seeks to step up aid funding for small-scale farmers and climate while rolling back support for education and humanitarian aid. There are mixed reactions to a new NOK 2 billion...

News November 11, 2021

How a rookie minister navigated the pandemic and reshaped Norwegian aid

During his last week at work, Norway’s Development Minister Dag-Inge Ulstein reflected on a once-in-a-century...

News October 14, 2021

Billions for vaccines and private sector tools to combat climate change

The Swedish government pledges to step up donations and procurement of COVID-19 vaccines in next year...

News September 20, 2021

Farewell Tanzania. Denmark moves aid northward to stem migration from Africa

The Danish government seeks to restructure aid next year. Efforts to stem migration in the Sahel and...

News September 01, 2021

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NGOs slam meagre Danish, Finnish funding for WHO-led covid response

The Danish and Finnish governments have provided only a tiny fraction of their fair share of the global...

News August 26, 2021

Status quo for Finnish aid next year, clouds on the horizon

The Finnish Ministry of Finance has presented an aid budget proposal for next year that is at roughly...

News August 18, 2021

Iceland, OECD’s smallest donor, makes tough priorities to put its mark on niches in global aid

The smallest donor in the OECD, Iceland, has had to target its aid on a few countries and thematic areas...

News April 20, 2021

Domestic threats to the golden standard in global aid

For more than a decade, Sweden and Norway have set the global bar in aid by dedicating 1 per cent of...

News January 25, 2021

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Vaccines trump most other Norwegian aid efforts in budget for 2021

The Norwegian government has proposed a budget for 2021 that would reduce aid spending by NOK 1.1 billion,...

News October 08, 2020

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Sweden holds aid level steady while opposition parties sharpen the knife

The Swedish aid budget is expected to be approved by Parliament, but NGOs are bracing for tough discussions...

News October 07, 2020

Nordic aid budgets

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