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If the government wants to fight poverty, why not give the money directly to the poor?
Contribution to Representative Proposal 168 S (2025—2026) on a long-term plan for effective Norwegian aid
Here is Langsikt's input to Representative Proposal 168 S on a long-term plan for effective Norwegian aid.
Jesus and the Paradox of Pity
Is it a lack of compassion that keeps you from helping those who need your help?
Strümke's hubris
What Inga Strümke calls “futurism” in the KI debate is necessary preparedness towards a possible future.
Input to the Government's Global Health Security Strategy
These are our input on the outline of the government's strategy for global health security, submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at GLOB HUMLI and the UTVMIN Secretariat, as well as the HOD at SIS on 26.03.2026.
A World Bank strategy with no clear direction
Today, the government put forward a new strategy for the World Bank, with ambitions on all fronts. But ambition without concrete goals and measures is not a strategy -- it is an intention.
Secure KI requires more than research
Norway needs a government body that can coordinate the work of AI security.
The aid works — when someone asks questions
Over the past 15 years, Noreg has donated funds to more than 100 American research institutions, think tanks and consulting firms, including the International Peace Institute (IPI), without anyone questioning its effectiveness. The problem, however, is the process, not that aid does not work.
Media coverage
Bevilgningene til effektiv bistand bør økes, ikke reduseres
Lederartikkelen i Dagens Perspektiv argumenterer for økt bevilgning til effektiv bistand, og refererer til Langsikt sin bistandsbudsjettanalyse og Eirik Mofoss sin podkastsamtale med Ness om bistand.
When artificial intelligence scares itself
How should we react to companies continuing to develop software they themselves believe is a danger to humanity? Academic Manager Aksel Braanen Sterri is interviewed in Minerva.
Five happy things in biotechnology
Molecular biologist and senior advisor Sigrid Bratlie explains five biotechnology breakthroughs. They sound like science fiction, but are happening right now.
Will examine the use of consultants in the assistance
Senior adviser Cindy Robles is interviewed stating that the World Bank has replied to the State Department that it has nothing to defer on the cost level of Abyrint.
Cindy Robles om norsk støtte til Verdensbanken: – Ikke like hot å gi penger til kjernen
Norske bistandspenger går til dyre særfond med fancy logoer fremfor der de gjør mest nytte, mener seniorrådgiver i Langsikt og tidligere Verdensbank-ansatt.
Podcast with Cindy Robles about the World Bank
Senior adviser Cindy Robles has guested on the podcast World Problems to discuss the government's new strategy for the World Bank.
Many countries are cutting aid to refugees. Norway, too, has changed its priorities in recent years. In Kakuma refugee camp, they have to face consequences.
Eirik Mofoss's aid budget analysis is linked to in NRK's case on aid cuts.
Podcast with Sigrid Bratlie: - I was hung out for telling the truth
Sigrid Bratlie guested on the Ness podcast where she spoke about covid-19 and the lab leak theory and transparency in academia.
- Inga Strümke does us all a disservice
If the future is uncertain, there is all the more reason to prepare for a number of different outcomes, writes columnist and former Long-Term Advisor Anders Eidesvik. He responds to the criticism Strümke made in Morgenbladet.
The Eirik Mofoss Method: How to Discuss Aid with People Who Basically Have Second Value Views
Panorama Nyheter mentioned the “Eirik Mofoss method” after Eirik Mofoss guested on the podcast Ness on the topic of aid.