DT 10-11 / 2012

Zero disbursements to Brazil in 2011, Norway reports one billion in aid

Norway committed NOK 1 billion in rainforest aid to Brazil last year, but no disbursements were made. Still, Norway has reported the full amount as ODA. The OECD is having none of it.

News October 16, 2012

Fallout from Zambia health corruption scandal: tough lessons for Sweden

In the Zambia corruption scandal of 2009, SEK 7 million in Swedish aid to the countrys health sector...

News October 16, 2012

Mekong critics missing the mark

The Finnish government is deeply worried about mainstream hydro development in the lower Mekong basin....

News October 16, 2012

Global Fund still bypasses Zambian Health Ministry

A large new grant is approved, but the Global Fund still refuses to channel money via the corruption-tainted...

News October 16, 2012

Refugee spending dilutes Swedish aid

The Swedish government continues to erode the country’s aid budget, by using aid money to pay for the...

Opinion October 16, 2012

Pöyry will be test case for new NDF anti-corruption regime

NDF has launched an anti-corruption policy that permits cross-debarment of entities blacklisted by other...

Business October 16, 2012

How to re-enter UN market after being blacklisted. Danish Trade Council assists Missionpharma

Missionpharma wants to be reinstated as a UN supplier. The Danish Trade Council is trying to find out...

Business October 16, 2012

Finland shuts down tied mixed credits scheme

Companies are gloomy over the decision to shut down Finnish mixed credits. There are no signs of the...

Business October 16, 2012

Gates-UN pilot in Zambia

The new guarantee system aimed at speeding up disbursement of critical health supplies funded by donors...

Business October 16, 2012

Ideological stand-off over Forum Syd

A little known Swedish committee that had not attracted media attention for half a century is at the...

News October 16, 2012

Court: Norconsult to pay NOK 4m corruption fine

An appeal court has convicted the leading Norwegian engineering firm Norconsult of being complicit in...

News October 16, 2012

New chief of Folke Bernadotte

Sven-Eric Söder has been appointed the new Director General for the Folke Bernadotte Academy in Stockholm....

News October 16, 2012

Pasi Hellman takes over at NDF

The Finnish economist and diplomat Pasi Hellman is appointed head of the Helsinki-based Nordic Development...

News October 16, 2012

Zambia, Tanzania to be pilots in new strategy

Sida is identifying specific targets in the two countries as input into the work on developing a new...

News October 16, 2012

Betting on donors

The recipients have for decades been betting on the donors. When will the promised aid money come? Not...

Opinion Editorial October 16, 2012

Innovative pledge guarantee to speed up health aid delivery

Sweden and the US are preparing a new form of guarantees that allow recipients to buy essential medicines...

Business October 16, 2012

Training in sexual health and rights

The aid agency sida will finance an International Training Programme on the subject of sexual reproductive...

Business October 16, 2012

Mekong programme country reviews

With financing from the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Nordic Development Fund, the Mekong...

Business October 16, 2012

Farewell, Nicaragua

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs annouces a tender for the final evaluation of Finland’s bilateral...

Business October 16, 2012

Scales back on UN, expands climate aid

Norway increases aid by NOK 2.4 billion in 2013, the lion’s share of growth going to rainforests, renewable...

News October 16, 2012

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