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DT 2 / 2022

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Special report

Calls for an independent commission to investigate Norway’s gigantic rainforest initiative

The NOK 60 billion rainforest initiative, the largest aid programme in Norwegian history, has run into difficulties in country after country. The time is now ripe for a comprehensive re-think of this strategy, experts say. Bergen professor Per Lægreid calls for an inquiry along the lines of the commission set up to investigate the response to COVID-19.

News April 08, 2022

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UN agency works to transform agriculture as Ukraine war hits smallholder farmers in Africa

The UN’s agriculture agency IFAD says spiking fertilizer prices on top of record-high energy costs triggered...

News April 05, 2022

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World Bank refers fewer cases for criminal investigation, no uptick in corruption during pandemic

The World Bank’s anti-corruption unit routinely refers findings to national authorities for criminal...

Business April 01, 2022

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The Bombardier Sweden affair: World Bank probe has a long reach, but convictions can be elusive

In a Swedish probe triggered by an on-going World Bank investigation into a project in Azerbaijan, prosecutors...

Business April 01, 2022

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Famine in Yemen looms as donors fall short and food prices soar in wake of Ukraine war

A pledging meeting for Yemen hosted by the UN, Sweden, and Switzerland ended with a record funding gap...

News March 18, 2022

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Donors pledge USD 1.5b to fight next pandemic, ODA-eligibility of funding is up in the air

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) has raised USD 1.5 billion for the next five...

News March 10, 2022

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War in Ukraine casts long shadow over other humanitarian crises and COVID funding

The brutal war in the middle of Europe requires a massive humanitarian response from Western donors at...

News March 06, 2022

Ukrainian windmill, co-funded by four Nordic DFIs, hit by Russian rockets

Nordic aid-funded DFIs have invested EUR 80 million in Ukraine. One of their projects, the country’s...

Business March 04, 2022

COVAX and the unfulfilled promise of vaccine sharing

The global vaccine initiative COVAX aimed to procure 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 to accelerate...

Opinion March 07, 2022

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