DT 3 / 2022

Analysis: Cuts reflect deep cracks in Nordic aid alliance

A detailed review of aid cuts being prepared by Sweden, Norway, and Denmark to finance the cost of caring for Ukrainian refugees reveals surprising differences in Nordic donors’ priorities.

May 31, 2022

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Swedish, Norwegian aid cuts not written in stone, decisive weeks ahead

Huge amounts have been carved out of the Swedish and Norwegian aid budgets to fund the reception of Ukrainian...

News May 30, 2022

Head of CEPI calls for more non-aid funds to finance pandemic vaccine research

The Oslo-based vaccine agency CEPI depends on aid for 40 per cent of its financing. CEPI’s CEO Richard...

News May 20, 2022

Norfund reports a record surplus, but outlook is less positive

Norfund invested most of its funds in Africa in 2021 and had a record surplus of NOK 5.8 billion (USD...

May 16, 2022

Nordic aid budget round-up: Historic cuts in Sweden, Norwegian aid could sink to lowest level since 2008

Sweden, Norway, and Denmark are tapping USD 1.6 billion from their aid budgets to fund domestic costs...

News May 13, 2022

Scatec and Swedfund write down value of Ukraine investments

The Norwegian renewable energy company Scatec has written down the value of five solar power plants in...

Business May 06, 2022

Brazil’s Amazon Fund: the origin story

Nervous but hopeful, the visionary Brazilian forester Tasso Azevedo travelled to the Bali climate summit...

News May 03, 2022

IMF and global health leaders call for a strategic shift in COVID-19 response

The international covid response mechanism, the ACT-Accelerator, has focused mainly on vaccines to the...

News April 29, 2022

Redirecting funds to the Ukraine crisis will have devastating global humanitarian consequences if aid budgets are not increased

Diverting scarce aid resources risks worsening on-going humanitarian crises around the world. The global...

Opinion April 26, 2022

Aid level plunged to ten-year low in 2021 as Norway saw highest growth on record

The Norwegian petroleum-driven economy grew at the fastest rate on record last year, while aid dropped...

News April 24, 2022

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