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More knowledge-based aid. What's the next step?
Tighter budgets and new crises make it even more important to have knowledge-based and cost-effective aid. Norway is already doing a lot to make this happen, but we have more to go on. A working group has presented a report with new recommendations.
Improving the efficiency of Norwegian aid through the UN and the World Bank
In 2023, 31.7 billion Norwegian kroner (54% of Norway's aid budget) was allocated through multilateral organizations, with the UN system and the World Bank Group being the two main recipients. This note presents recommendations to the government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Norad on how the foreign service can become a more effective and coordinated donor to Norway's largest partners. We focus on the UN system and the World Bank in this first note of the series.
An invisible environmental poison costs millions of lives
Lead in food and paint causes health damage to millions of children every year. Poor countries in particular have a long way to go.
Salmon suffering is Norway's darkest secret
... and the government does nothing. Here are four steps that can help with Norway's biggest animal welfare disaster.
AI must be democratic and cheap
Last week, the leading AI company Open AI announced that the premium version of the best Chat GPT model will go from costing $20 to $200 a month. So you have to spend 25,000 Norwegian kroner a year if you want the latest technology from Silicon Valley.
California has declared a state of emergency. The bird flu could become a global pandemic.
We are in a race against the clock.
Hello, power cable opponents. Can any of you show me where I'm wrong?
High electricity prices are a blessing.
Norwegian aid 2025 - what do the different parties think?
We have looked at the parties' alternative aid budget. Here's what we found.
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Vil ha et framtidsombud. Den nye framtidsetikken er relevant her og nå, mener «årets ledestjerne» Eirik Mofoss.
Eirik Mofoss, årets ledestjerne i Dagens Næringsliv diskuterer nødvendigheten av langsiktighet i politikken. Som fagdirektør i Norad er han opptatt av vitenskapelig og rasjonell tilnærming til bistand, og han foreslår et ombud for framtidige generasjoner, inspirert av barneombudet. Mofoss utfordrer også dagens vurdering av verdi på framtidige liv i samfunnsøkonomiske analyser og oppfordrer til en dypere refleksjon over nasjonens investeringer, som oljefondet, for å sikre en lysere framtid for kommende generasjoner.
Sigrid Bratlie på Aftenposten-podcast om covid-pandemiens opphav
Sigrid Bratlie, seniorrådgiver i Langsikt, på Aftenposten sin podcast Ekstra-Lars for å snakke om lablekkasjeteorien.