DT 4-5 / 2010

Development as dystopia

Norway has reached a new stage in the national belle époque where the state is so assured of its own goodness that it has become immune to criticism. Nina Witoszek reflects on the easy public dismissal of facts that contradict this benign image.

Opinion April 05, 2010

UN envoy on sexual violence. First stop Norway

The newly-appointed UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Swede Margot Wallström,...

News April 05, 2010

UK, US block common DAC rules for climate financing

As the UN High-Level Task Force on Climate Change Financing met for the first time in London March 31,...

News April 05, 2010

Nordics fear less influence after World Bank reform

In spite of assurances from World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick, Nordic countries worry that their...

News April 05, 2010

Sweden tightens rules for budget support

The Swedish Foreign Ministry is tightening the rules for providing general budget support. In recent...

News April 05, 2010

GAVI is still short USD 2.6 billion after fund-raising meeting

No new pledges of support were announced at the GAVI high-level fund-raising meeting in The Hague this...

News April 05, 2010

A ‘tolerable’ result. No additional Finnish climate aid in 2010-11

Finland’s fast-track climate funding for 2010 - set at EUR 30 million - will be taken out of the existing...

News April 05, 2010

Temporary house building stalled in Haiti

Humanitarian organisations in Haiti report that ten weeks after the earthquake, 75 per cent of the people...

News April 05, 2010

An unusual welcome from new Minister

The new Danish Development Minister Søren Pind hosted World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick in Copenhagen...

News April 05, 2010

Climate crisis and global tax

Both the United States and the United Kingdom are opposed to discussion in the OECD about setting common...

Opinion Editorial April 05, 2010

New Danish aid strategy silent on private sector schemes

A new Danish aid policy puts job creation in Africa and human rights at the top of the agenda. Despite...

Business April 05, 2010

Local firm challenges Yara property deal in Dar es Salaam port

The Finnish-Dutch owned firm DSM Corridor Group (DSG) is investing millions of dollars in a fertiliser...

Business April 05, 2010

Advisor to Norway’s Oil for Development Programme

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) announces a tender for the supply of consultancy...

Business April 05, 2010

Sida, USAID launch cooperation on guarantees

he Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the US Agency for International Development...

Business April 05, 2010

Growth corridors in E Africa could open huge markets for Yara

Yara has joined forces with Norway to push for agriculture growth corridors in Tanzania and Mozambique....

Business April 05, 2010

Sino-Danish renewable energy cooperation

The Danish-funded Renewable Energy Development Programme in China calls for expressions of interest for...

Business April 05, 2010

Norfund on Yara: a commerical relationship

Norfund, the Norwegian aid-financed risk capital fund, is negotiating with Yara to co-finance the company’s...

Business April 05, 2010

Advisor to Kenyan Water Services Trust Fund

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs announces a tender for the three-year position of technical...

Business April 05, 2010

EKN takes risk in Africa

The Swedish guarantee institute EKN has played an important role in facilitating the huge Swedish export...

Business April 05, 2010

DT 4-5 / 2010

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