The Norwegian consortium behind the Karuma hydropower project in Uganda NORPAK has entered into discussions with authorities about financing the project without World Bank funding or guarantees.

The Norwegian Red Cross will sharpen its focus on its core mandate - humanitarian relief - following two critical evaluations of the international Red Cross movement’s tsunami response.

The UN emergency relief fund, known as CERF, is up and running with capital of USD 188 million so far committed by donors. The United ...

There are huge transaction costs related to a disease by disease approach to health problems as facilitated by the Global Fund and GAVI. This puts tremendous pressure on health delivery systems in developing countries. The most important bottleneck is the lack of health personnel. A new report calls for a better division of labour among the Global Fund, the World Bank and the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The Nordic aid agencies Sida and Norad are willing to provide limited funding for a public workshop on the impacts in Cambodia of Vietnamese dam building on the Srepok River.

The non-governmental Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA)continues to be the main channel for Swedish official development assistance to the poor, war-torn country. SCA currently channels about one-third of Sweden’s aid allocation to Afghanistan.

“Sexuality lies at the core of human life, of what makes usfully human, feeling and sentient beings. It is a key part of our well-being, ...