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DT 16 / 2014

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Børge Brende breaks Norway’s years of silence on the Rohingya of Burma

The UN Rapporteur on Burma Yanghee Lee points to “systematic discrimination”. Former PM Kjell Magne Bondevik speaks of “crimes against humanity”. Nobel Lareate Amartya Sen calls it a “slow genocide”. In a rare public statement on the situation of the muslim minority in Rakhine state, Foreign Minister Børge Brende has expressed Norway’s concern.

News December 09, 2014

Sweden leads Nordic battle against reporting profit-making loans as aid

With the OECD’s high-level aid meeting less than two weeks away there is a deadlock in the negotiations...

News December 09, 2014

Auditor General: ‘unclear chain of command’ in Swedish multilateral aid funding

The Swedish Auditor General criticises the Foreign Ministry for lax handling of the SEK 10 billion in...

News December 09, 2014

Small changes in aid reporting, action plan for LDCs

The donor effort to “modernise” the way aid financing is reporting has had limited results.

News December 09, 2014

Loans and the credibility of Western aid

The bitter donor fight over reporting commercial loans to developing countries as Official Development...

Opinion Editorial December 09, 2014

Sida extends EcoEnergy guarantee in Tanzania

The Swedish sugar and ethanol project receives an eight-month grace period from Sida in the lead up to...

Business December 09, 2014

Ebola is crippling weak health systems. What donors must do when it’s over

Ebola has exposed donors’ failure to focus health aid sufficiently on building up resilient health systems...

Opinion December 09, 2014

Denmark deemed least corrupt country again

Transparency International has released its annual index for 2014 ranking countries according perceptions...

News December 09, 2014

Norfund chief tops Nordic ranking of DFI bosses’ salaries

A review of salary costs shows that the head of Norfund Kjell Roland is the best-paid executive at a...

Business December 09, 2014

Parliament bars Norfund from investing in natural gas

The majority in the Norwegian Parliament has put a stop to the plans of the aid-financed investor Norfund...

Business December 09, 2014

5th Nordic climate funding round

Up to 12 new projects will be financed in the fifth round of the Nordic Climate Facility. The facility...

Business December 09, 2014

Norad’s giant NGO forest pot is open for bids

The Norwegian government has allocated NOK 1.5 billion (about USD 200 million) for civil society organisations...

Business December 09, 2014

Political deal: Climate takes stronger grip on Norwegian aid budget for 2015

A budget deal in the Norwegian Parliament scales up funding for NGOs, refugees and the Green Climate...

News December 09, 2014

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