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DT 1 / 2011

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Beyond Svalbard

The seeds held in the Svalbard genebank lack the genetic diversity needed to secure food supplies as climate becomes more unpredictable. Crop wild relatives, the botanical progenitors and cousins of our domesticated crops, are the great, untapped resource that could be used for adaptation.

Opinion February 10, 2011

Global Fund is ‘punished by donors for fighting corruption’

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is being punished by donors for being tough ...

News February 10, 2011

Heated ideological row over Danish aid. Pind drops three recipients

Development Minister Søren Pind has started an ideological war over Danish aid and minimised the influence...

News February 10, 2011

New development agenda of emerging powers

Following the summit in Seoul last November, G20 has become a powerful block with a development policy...

News February 10, 2011

UNDP’s secrecy hampers Global Fund audits

A key criticism of the Global Fund’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is directed at the UN Development...

News February 10, 2011

New DAC Chair

The American Brian Atwood, former Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)...

News February 10, 2011

Donors urge Mekong countries to delay lower mainstream dam

Donors that finance the Mekong River Commission have urged the four countries in the lower basin - Thailand,...

News February 10, 2011

G20’s aid move

South Korea and South Africa have been at the forefront of developing the first comprehensive G20 aid...

Opinion Editorial February 10, 2011

Danida contracts 2010: NIRAS dominates, no contracts for Carl Bro

The Danish firms NIRAS and COWI dominated the Danida consultancy market last year, Development Today...

Business February 10, 2011

SEK 2 billion in Swedish guarantees and soft loans

The Swedish aid agency Sida committed guarantees and loans amounting to more than SEK 2 billion last...

Business February 10, 2011

Scania avoids US police probe over kickbacks in Iraq

The Swedish truck producer Scania CV AB has avoided a US criminal investigation for paying kickbacks...

Business February 10, 2011

Norad evaluations coming up in 2011

In the coming year the Norad Evaluation Department plans to scrutinise key areas of Norwegian development...

Business February 10, 2011

Solheim to consider Sida guarantee scheme

Norway will look into the Swedish untied guarantee and soft loan scheme to see if it can be relevant...

Business February 10, 2011

Finnish support to water supply sector in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s Universal Access Plan for improved water supply, sanitation and hygiene was launched in 2006...

Business February 10, 2011

Expressions of interest for Mozambique grid extension

The government of Mozambique has applied for support from Danida’s Mixed Credits Secretariat for the...

Business February 10, 2011

More Finnish contracts in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia

In addition to the water and sanitation contract mentioned above, the Finnish Foreign Ministry plans...

Business February 10, 2011

Happy to be compared with Deng Xiaoping

At a recent business seminar in Oslo on China’s role in Africa, Norwegian Development Minister Erik Solheim...

News February 10, 2011

No transparency in selection of new Sida boss

When Anders Nordström was selected as Director General of Sida in 2007, there was a transparent recruitment...

News February 10, 2011

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