Worrying lack of interest in Oslo for funding development research

Opinion August 20, 2015

Development studies is an essential branch of research that has underpinned Nordic international engagement and solidarity for decades. It is therefore worrying to witness that under the current Norwegian government, there appears to be a reluctance to give full backing, write Henning Melber and John Y Jones.

Henning Melber, Director Emeritus of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and former Research Director of the Nordic Africa Institute.

John Y Jones, Dag Hammarskjöld Programme, Voksenåsen in Oslo.

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