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DT 6-7 / 2012

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Most Norwegian aid slips under radar of Chinese Nobel anger

Almost two years after China cut off political relations with Norway, aid to the Asian giant remains at the same level, but some actors have been forced to terminate activities due to the strained relations.

News July 03, 2012

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Fake invoices, order splitting used to steal cash grants from GAVI

Reports released by GAVI’s inspector general reveal the devious ways USD 6m in cash grants - aimed at...

News July 03, 2012

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The Lady’s warnings

Two decades after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Aung San Suu Kyi came to Oslo, as promised, to...

News July 03, 2012

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Misguided engagement in Burma

There can be no lasting peace in Burma without constitutional reform. Bertil Lintner comments on Aung...

Opinion July 03, 2012

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Nordics should cooperate in UN market

Nordic companies should join forces and offer packages of products to UN agencies to gain a market share,...

Business July 03, 2012

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Racing against climate change to build dams in Bhutan

As climate change threatens to dry up Bhutan’s rivers, NVE assists the mountain kingdom to prepare for...

Business July 03, 2012

Sino-Danish renewable energy centre open for business

Six years after Denmark launched a wind energy aid programme in China, a national centre for renewable...

News July 03, 2012

Sweden continues to punish Zambia

Three years after revelations of fraud in the Zambian Health Ministry affecting SEK 7 million in Swedish...

News July 03, 2012

OECD: Swedes fail to prosecute foreign bribery

Something is amiss in Sweden’s approach to detecting, investigating and prosecuting foreign bribery,...

News July 03, 2012

Agencies line up for Sida funds

Sida channels more than a billion crowns a year to Swedish state agencies and universities. The Foreign...

News July 03, 2012

SEK 30 million for Swedish municipalities

Kiruna in Swedens far north will launch a project to cooperate on tourism and education in Makunduchi,...

News July 03, 2012

Rushed hearing. SADEV’s fate uncertain

The Swedish Foreign Ministry proposes to close down the aid evaluation agency SADEV by the end of the...

News July 03, 2012

Differential treatment

Chinese relations with Norway and Denmark have been following opposite trajectories in the almost two...

Opinion Editorial July 03, 2012

Pöyry subsidiary barred from World Bank procurement

The World Bank has accused Pöyry Management Consulting Oy of “submitting false invoices and providing...

Business July 03, 2012

EcoEnergy seeks USD 50m Sida loan guarantee

The Swedish firm Bagamoyo EcoEnergy plans to submit an application to Sida for a credit guarantee worth...

Business July 03, 2012

Sida’s rural electrification portfolio

Sida plans to commission an evaluation study of its extensive rural electrification programme. The idea...

Business July 03, 2012

Evaluation of DKK 2 billion in Danish support to CSOs

Each year Danida spends just over DKK 2 billion on support to civil society organisations in Denmark...

Business July 03, 2012

Reviving conditionality

Norway’s new development minister has just turned 40. He celebrated by hosting a debate, entitled "poor...

News July 03, 2012

Andean biodiversity project reviews

The Foreign Ministry in Helsinki announces tenders for mid-term reviews of three biodiversity-related...

Business July 03, 2012

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