DT 21-22 / 2010

Remembering the legacy of Rio

Western donors have forgotten the commitments they made in Rio 20 years ago, where ecological, economic and social issues were seen to be the three necessary pillars of sustainable development. They must now put renewed emphasis on economic growth and infrastructure.

Opinion January 17, 2011

Celebrating 20 years of publishing

For 20 years, Development Today has been the only independent, specialised journal covering Nordic development...

News January 18, 2011

Farewell to the Nordic aid model

In the early 1990s when the first issue of Development Today was published, the Nordic model was proudly...

News January 17, 2011

It’s no longer ok to bribe

When Development Today started reporting on Nordic aid in 1991, firms could demand tax deduction for...

News January 17, 2011

Speeding up the repatriation of asylum seekers

November 2003: Recipients of Danish aid will no longer be permitted to refuse to take back their nationals...

News January 17, 2011

Stopped aid to future Nobel laureate

After being a major supporter for many years, Norway cut its financial support to the Green Belt Movement...

News January 17, 2011

Competing to be the Nr 1 donor

The story of Nordic development assistance over the last two decades is one of both cooperation and competition....

News January 17, 2011

Nordic aid subsidises military spending

Development Today’s coverage revealed that Nordic aid sometimes subsidised military spending in developing...

News January 17, 2011

Corruption in the World Bank

A ground-breaking piece in Development Today in December 2000 exposed a major corruption scandal involving...

News January 17, 2011

Thanks to our readers ...

Development Today’s readers are decision makers, opinion makers and other professionals working with...

News January 18, 2011

From export subsidies to investments, vested interests remain

Over the last 20 years Nordic donors’ focus on private sector aid has shifted from subsidising their...

Business January 18, 2011

Two decades of independent reporting on aid

Since the first issue was published in 1991, Development Today has monitored trends and developments...

Opinion Editorial January 17, 2011

Biofuel debacle. SEKAB eyed new Swedish untied facility

The biofuel company SEKAB aimed to take advantage of Sida’s new untied loan and guarantee facililty to...

Business January 18, 2011

A liberal mixing of hydropower business and aid

In the early 1990s, when Nordic donors gave aid in the hydropower sector, financing was provided for...

Business January 17, 2011

Aid boom for Nordic bureaucrats

While there has been a process of untying aid that finances contracts with commercial companies, some...

Business January 17, 2011

DT 21-22 / 2010

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