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US think tanks push for new fund to help poor countries combat coronavirus

As concern about coronavirus grows, three Washington-based think tanks are proposing that the G7 launch a new health security fund, managed by the World Bank, to help poor countries cope with a possible...

News February 27, 2020

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China climbs on World Bank donor list as US drops to third place

China has broken Western dominance in the World Bank’s fund for poor countries IDA, climbing to No 6...

News February 27, 2020

Indian drug firm says Gavi lost ‘years’ in race against pneumonia

The rules donors set back in 2009 for a USD 1.5 billion pilot fund on pneumonia vaccine, the AMC, have...

News February 14, 2020

Sida divides SEK 6-billion NGO pie. Assessments should be public

It has been seven years since the Swedish aid agency Sida had an overhaul of its multi-year financing...

Opinion Editorial February 28, 2020

Welcome to the new web site

On the eve of the third decade of Development Today, the independent journal on Nordic and multilateral...

February 17, 2020

Five ‘new’ humanitarian actors vie for lucrative Sida partnership

Of the 30 humanitarian actors that applied to become eligible for Sida’s SEK 4 billion multi-year funding...

January 31, 2020

Finn Church Aid investor makes first direct investment in Africa

After its first year of operation, an investment company owned by Finn Church Aid (FCA) has made its...

Business January 29, 2020

Danish Refugee Council ranked among top three non-profits globally by NGO watchdog group

In the yearly ranking by NGO Advisor, which monitors the NGO sector, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC)...

February 21, 2020

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Independent Finnish aid policy group grounded in constitution

The Finnish Development Policy Committee, a uniquely Finnish council that steers and monitors aid policy,...

February 14, 2020

Danish NGO IBIS confronts ‘built-in weaknesses’ in Oxfam’s global system

Three years after merging with Oxfam, the leadership of Oxfam IBIS in Copenhagen is grappling with “...

News January 24, 2020

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