Nordic aid policy

German NGO urges European donors to follow Canada and freeze activity in Beijing-based infrastructure bank

European donors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank should engage more actively to improve bank performance or freeze all activity, as Canada has done, the German NGO Urgewald says. An international NGO coalition and donors are monitoring the situation closely. Norway wants an external review of the bank’s accountability and compliance framework.

News August 28, 2023

Canadian exit from Beijing-based bank. High stakes for ‘flagship’ of China’s new multilateralism

Following claims of Chinese meddling in the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)...

News June 23, 2023

Ville Tavio of Finns Party becomes development minister, cuts and radical shift in Finnish aid

For the first time, a party viewed as being far-right on the political spectrum takes over the aid portfolio...

News June 20, 2023

Nordic donors are ‘following closely’ after Canada’s sudden break with Chinese AIIB bank

Nordic governments are closely monitoring the fall-out of Canada’s decision this week to cease activity...

News June 16, 2023

Report: Little evidence that result-based aid works, Gavi and Global Fund cause fragmentation

Result-based aid, where donors provide financing after outcomes are achieved, is not especially effective...

News June 01, 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

One year into war in Ukraine, Sweden prepares to boost aid efforts

As Sweden crafts a new strategy for Ukraine, it faces difficult choices, balancing long-term EU integration...

News February 24, 2023

New Danish centrist government opens for a more consensus-driven aid policy

A historic Red-Blue government has taken office in Denmark, pledging to hammer out a new development...

News December 15, 2022

ODA must evolve, but cautiously, says the new guardian of OECD aid Carsten Staur

Carsten Staur, the newly appointed Chair of the OECD’s aid watchdog DAC, says there is huge pressure...

News December 09, 2022

Sweden turns away from UN, new development minister in charge

Johan Forssell has been appointed Sweden’s Minister for Development and Trade with special responsibility...

News October 18, 2022

Nordic aid policy

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