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DT 2 / 2006

The Muslim belt: Nordic aid from Sudan to Afghanistan

Since 9/11, Norway has launched a massive increase of aid in the Muslim belt from Africa to Western Asia. Norway has become the dominating Nordic donor in countries like Sudan, Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan, all hot spots in the war against terror. In Palestine and Sudan, Sweden is also an important player. In the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq, Denmark strongly profiled its plans for substantial assistance. Little has materialised though and Denmark remains a rather small donor in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In contrast, Denmark has held the position as the largest Nordic donor in many traditional African recipient countries. These are some results of Development Today’s analysis of aid figures from OECD/DAC and the Nordic aid administrations.

News February 17, 2006

New funding landscape. Danish NGOs hit the streets

Overall cuts in NGO budgets and the end of Denmark’s 100 per cent state funding era mean that in 2006...

News February 17, 2006

Two Swedes and Norwegian PM on UN panel

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has appointed the Swedes Ruth Jacoby and Lennart Båge and Norwegian...

News February 17, 2006

‘Unable to absorb huge funding boost’

According to the Finnish government’s plan, Finnish NGOs will receive a funding boost of EUR 20 million...

News February 17, 2006

Thoraya Obaid on life at UNFPA after US funding cuts

A year after Thoraya Obaid took the leadership of UNFPA, the UN agency that promotes sexual reproductive...

News February 17, 2006

Denmark’s Arab Initiative on hold

Launched in 2003, the Danish Arab Initiative has had the goal of broadening the dialogue between Denmark...

News February 17, 2006

Tsunami reports. Red Cross opts for openness

Reversing an earlier decision, the Governing Board of the International Federation of the Red Cross ...

News February 17, 2006

Carlos Cardoso and Mozambique: No-one to challenge the donors’ fairy tale

Opinion February 17, 2006

Market Update

Business February 17, 2006

Solheim signals brighter days ahead for Norwegian private sector in aid ... ‘but

A new soft loan window in Norfund. Support for CDM. Resolution to the bottlenecks in the long-delayed...

Business February 17, 2006

2005 bumper year: Norwegian relief suppliers sell for NOK 428m

Norwegian firms operating through the NOREPS system sold NOK 428 million worth of emergency relief supplies...

Business February 17, 2006

COWI expands Swedish branch office

Business February 17, 2006

Facelift for Denmark’s private sector programme

Danish Development Minister Ulla Tørnæs has decided to sharpen the development profile of the Danish...

Business February 17, 2006

UN reform panel

Opinion Editorial February 17, 2006

The wrath of Plan

In December 2002, Plan Norway arranged a major fund-raising event in a Senegalese village and beamed...

News February 17, 2006

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