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Special report

Gavi donors to decide on fate of billions in unspent COVID dollars

One year ago, the vaccine alliance Gavi mobilised USD 4.8 billion for vaccines in the final fund-raising push of the pandemic. This absorbed most of the donor funds available to battle COVID-19 at the time, despite warnings that a more holistic approach was needed. Today, more than half of this money remains unspent, and donors are about to decide what to do with it. One option being considered is to set it aside in preparation for the next pandemic.

News May 25, 2023

Norwegian aid surpasses 1% of GNI, but the government is still taking heat

Last fall the Norwegian government was heavily criticised after presenting a budget with the lowest aid...

News May 24, 2023

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Expert group wants to double Norway’s financing of SDG efforts

A group of Norwegian experts proposes a doubling of support to UN Agenda 2030. They want to shelter core...

News May 15, 2023

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Norwegian development minister takes over humanitarian aid

Norway’s Development Minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim takes over the responsibility for humanitarian assistance,...

News May 12, 2023

No Swedish earmarking of humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Dedicated funding for Sida made Ukraine the number one recipient of Swedish humanitarian aid in 2022....

News May 09, 2023

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Norwegian-supported actors spar over historic forest carbon credit deal in Guyana

The lucrative sale of 33 million tonnes worth of carbon credits by Guyana last December, heralded as...

News May 04, 2023

How Norway will spend NOK 4 billion on food security

The Norwegian food security strategy, which promotes food self-sufficiency with a focus on Africa, has...

News April 28, 2023

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The minister who put peasants at the centre of Norwegian aid

Against all odds, small-scale farming in Africa has become a key priority of Norwegian aid, and Development...

News April 27, 2023

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Aid billions lost: Swedish NGOs fear unused aid earmarked for refugees will end up in state coffers, like last year

Last year, unused aid funds earmarked for refugees arriving in Sweden remained in the state coffers rather...

News April 21, 2023

Growing criticism of multi-billion crown hole in Danish aid funding

The Foreign Ministry in Copenhagen is so far silent about a massive and growing funding gap in Danish...

News April 18, 2023

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