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DT 9 / 2018

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Sweden turns down Norwegian-sponsored GFF health initiative

Sweden will not pledge funding for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) health initiative at a donor meeting in Oslo next month. “We have a health architecture that is already very crowded, and we do not think that we need a new structure,” says Anders Nordström, Sweden’s Global Health Ambassador, to Development Today.

News October 26, 2018

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What killed budget support: ‘Schizophrenic’ donors couldn’t let go of aid conditionality

General budget support, a popular instrument in the aid tool box during the 2000s, was effective and...

News October 19, 2018

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Solheim in hot water, navigating to regain donor trust

A team of experts from UN headquarters in New York is helping the Nairobi-based UN Environment Program...

News October 12, 2018

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Report: Norway’s inefficient and confusing aid administration

In a donor landscape where most aid management is either delegated to a separate directorate or integrated...

October 12, 2018

How Finnfund can take more risk in fragile states and pioneering projects

Finnfund raises half its project funding from private markets and is less capitalised than its Nordic...

Business October 31, 2018

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Indonesia-Norway climate forest deal. Six years behind schedule, but still relevant

Norwegian result payments for Indonesian forest protection have not materialised eight years after a...

News October 19, 2018

Travel audit rattles UNEP. Wary donors hold back EUR 16 million

The stakes are high for the UN environmental agency (UNEP) in the wake of an on-going audit which reveals...

News October 02, 2018

Risk of GFF health scheme becoming a debt trap for poor countries

As the Global Financing Facility (GFF) gears up for its first replenishment next month, there are warnings...

News October 05, 2018

Fragile states, energy investments top priority in Norwegian budget

Thematic priorities like clean oceans and renewable energy investments are winners in a growing Norwegian...

News October 08, 2018

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