DT 20 / 2004

Finnish loan fuels corruption scandal in Costa Rica

A Finnish concessionary loan to Costa Rica has put the Finnish Foreign Ministry in the middle of one of the Central American country’s biggest financial scandals. The Ministry has launched an investigation of Finland’s involvement, but is criticised for not examining the possible Finnish role in the alleged corruption.

News December 17, 2004

World Bank shifts from loans to grants in 40 countries next year

In future, the World Bank will become a grant provider in 40 of the poorest countries in the world. This...

News December 17, 2004

Plan’s funding drive makes waves in Nordic aid administrations

The Nordic branches of Plan International continue to make waves within the Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian...

News December 17, 2004

Nordic Ministers call for major funding boost from G7

Four Nordic Development Ministers have sent a strong political signal to the G7, demanding more and better...

News December 17, 2004

IFC Ombudsman investigates Indian hydropower project

The Ombudsman of the IFC confirms to Development Today that local villagers still hold substantive unresolved...

News December 17, 2004

Minister’s World Bank focus splits aid alliance

Opposition parties in Parliament voted for cuts in Norway’s record high support to the World Bank and...

News December 17, 2004

Former Danish Minister, Nobel laureate to advise UNEP

The former Danish Environment Minister Svend Auken and Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen will...

News December 17, 2004

Norway launches tentative plan for board positions in health agencies

Former State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sigrun Møgedal has been elected...

News December 17, 2004

EC rejected MOPAN scrutiny by Norway and Canada

The Multilateral Organisations’ Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) had to call off an assessment...

News December 17, 2004

In Brief

CLIMATE CHANGE IN LDCs: Sweden will provide SEK 10 million to the Special Climate Change Fund, which...

News December 17, 2004

EOI for Finnish environment contract in Zanzibar

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs invites consulting firms to express their interest in an upcoming...

Business December 17, 2004

Vietnam office opens new possibilities for Carl Bro

Since opening a subsidiary in Hanoi the Danish consultancy Carl Bro announces it has won DKK 55 million...

Business December 17, 2004

On the move. Sida prepares relocation from Sveavägen

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is moving from its current address at...

Business December 17, 2004

Danish aid consultants: adjusting to the knowledge society

As the Danish Association of Consulting Engineers (FRI) marks its 100th anniversary, engineering consultants...

Opinion December 17, 2004

Nine Nordic Plus countries launch joint procurement policy

Nine donors in an enlarged “Nordic Plus" group have issued a joint procurement policy that seeks to improve efficiency and transparency in aid procurement.

Business December 17, 2004

Norwegians evaluate post-Taliban aid to Afghanistan

Norwegian consultants are playing a key role in three separate evaluations of post-Taliban aid to Afghanistan....

Business December 17, 2004

WB moves into UN domain

The global aid architecture is changing rapidly. One of the most dramatic moves is the World Bank’s...

Opinion Editorial December 17, 2004

Industrial magnate turned slave freer

The Swedish industrial magnate and management strategist Percy Barnevik has turned his back on the world...

News December 17, 2007

AsDB reluctant to publicise names of sanctioned companies

Nordic donors want the Asian Development Bank’s Anticorruption Unit to be more transparent and publicise...

Business December 17, 2004

DT 20 / 2004

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